Residents in nine of Shanghai's districts will be required to undergo COVID-19 testing until July 21 as part of an effort to reduce the community spread of COVID-19. 2022-07-18
Singapore reports its first confirmed death related to the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in an unvaccinated 92-year-old woman. 2022-01-22
Hong Kong reports its first potential community cluster of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, which are also the first locally transmitted cases reported by the city since June. 2021-12-31
Brazil reports 115,228 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, a new single-day record. 2021-06-23
The government approves the use of the Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for children between the ages of 12 and 15, becoming the first vaccine to be approved used for children in Japan. 2021-05-31
Hong Kong reports 107 new confirmed cases, which is the first time in nearly a month that more than 100 cases are reported and brings the total number of confirmed cases in the city to 9,664. This sudden rise in cases is partially due to an outbreak among ethnic minorities. 2021-01-18
Alberta reports 919 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, a new single-day record since the pandemic began. 2020-11-7
Nicaragua reports the country's first death from COVID-19, a patient with HIV-AIDS. 2020-03-26