Philadelphia reinstates their indoor mask mandate amid an increase in the number of cases in the city, becoming the first major U.S. city to do so. The mandate will take effect on April 18. 2022-04-11
South Korea reports a record 3,292 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 406,605. 2021-11-18
Laos reports a record 952 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 13,909. 2021-08-25
The government expands the state of emergency to seven prefectures, including Aichi, Osaka, Fukuoka, and Kyoto, as the country surpasses 300,000 cases of COVID-19. 2021-01-13
New South Wales detects two cases of the new variant of SARS-CoV-2 in travellers returning from the United Kingdom. 2020-12-21
Italy registers 37,809 new cases in the past 24 hours, its single-day record since the start of the pandemic. In addition, the country reports 446 new deaths, the highest single-day number since April as four Italian regions enter lockdown. 2020-11-6
Italy registers 7,332 new cases in the last 24 hours, a new record for a single day since the pandemic began and surpassing the previous record of 6,557 cases that reported in March, when the country was still in lockdown. 2020-10-14
Italy reports 2,844 new cases in the last 24 hours as swab tests conducted by the country remain steady at over 100,000. It is the highest number of reported cases since April, when the country was still in lockdown. 2020-10-3
Contact tracing is no longer possible across the Southern United States due to rapid COVID-19 surges in the region. 2020-07-7