Russia reports a record 1,211 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours after lifting workplace shutdowns, thereby bringing the nationwide death toll to 249,215. 2021-11-9
Rwanda reports a record 1,997 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 54,549. 2021-07-18
Palau announces their first recorded case of COVID-19 in a fully vaccinated person who travelled from Guam on May 9 and tested positive after 21 days in quarantine. 2021-05-31
Costa Rica reports a record 1,830 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 238,760. 2021-04-24
Jenna Ellis, lawyer to President Trump, tests positive for COVID-19. This comes just two days after Rudy Giuliani, another of Trump's lawyers, also tested positive. 2020-12-8
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern lifts all remaining lockdown restrictions in the country except for Auckland, which maintains its lockdown until at least October 7. 2020-09-21
For the second time in the same week, Portugal reports the biggest daily increase in new cases since the national lockdown was lifted in May, with 687 new cases and three deaths, bringing the cumulative totals to 62,813 confirmed cases and 1,855 deaths in 193 days since the first infections were detected in the country. 2020-09-11
A newborn baby tests positive for COVID-19 at North Middlesex University Hospital in Edmonton, London, becoming the youngest known victim of the disease in the United Kingdom. The child's mother has also tested positive for the disease. 2020-03-14