Poland reports a record 53,420 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 4,637,776. 2022-01-26
Taiwan reports its first two locally transmitted cases of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant. 2022-01-3
American Samoa announces the first recorded case of COVID-19 in the territory. The patient tested positive after returning from Honolulu, Hawaii, on September 13. In response, the American Samoan government suspends all flights to Pago Pago International Airport. 2021-09-18
South Africa expands the country's vaccine age eligibility to all adults over the age of 18 in order to increase the vaccination rate as the country deals with an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases caused by the Delta variant. 2021-08-20
The global death toll from COVID-19 surpasses three million. 2021-04-17
Alberta reports its first case of a new variant of SARS-CoV-2 in a person who travelled from the United Kingdom. 2020-12-28
The death toll from COVID-19 in the United States exceeds 300,000. 2020-12-14
Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves issues a mask mandate for 13 additional counties in the state in order to reduce the spread of COVID-19. 2020-12-1
Jakarta releases a new set of rules in the second round of stricter social restrictions, which will take effect on September 14. Different from the first round of restrictions, aside from 11 essential services that can continue to be operated, markets, shopping malls and worship with only local residents are allowed to be attended and continue to operate with 50% capacity. Non-essential government and private office operations must have 25% capacity and isolation must occur in government-appointed facilities if anyone tested positive without symptoms or mild symptoms. 2020-09-13