WHO puts estimate of deaths due to COVID-19, including incidentals due to impacted health systems, at approximately 15 million worldwide. 2022-05-5
The United States reports a record 512,553 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours. 2021-12-28
Cuba reports its first case of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in a person who travelled from Mozambique. 2021-12-9
Chile reports its first case of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in a fully vaccinated foreigner who travelled from Ghana on November 25. 2021-12-4
Venezuela enters a "radical quarantine" for a week in order to reduce the spread of the Delta variant of COVID-19. 2021-07-26
Disneyland Paris, Europe's most visited amusement park, reopens for the second time with enhanced health and safety measures after being closed for eight months due to the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. It is the first time that all Disney-owned and licensed theme parks have been open since January 2020. 2021-06-17
The United States reports nearly 11,976 new cases of COVID-19, the lowest in the country since March 23, 2020. 2021-05-29
The government extends the COVID-19 state of emergency in the Greater Tokyo Area, which includes the capital Tokyo and surrounding prefectures, for the next two weeks until March 21 as the number of new cases have not fallen sufficiently in order to lift the emergency. 2021-03-5
The government extends the country's lockdown for at least another three weeks. 2020-04-16