The United States reports its first confirmed death related to the Omicron variant in an unvaccinated man in his 50s in Harris County, Texas who had underlying health issues. 2021-12-20
A traveller from Tuvalu tests positive for COVID-19 upon arrival in Auckland, New Zealand. Tuvalu had not previously reported any COVID-19 cases in the country. 2021-11-2
New Zealand announces that the country's first community infection of COVID-19 in six months is also the country's first confirmed case of the Delta variant and that the total number of cases associated with the current outbreak has increased to 10. 2021-08-18
South Korea reports a record 1,896 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 193,427. 2021-07-28
President Emmanuel Macron announces the extension of the "light lockdown" to the rest of the country, which includes a school closure from April 12 to April 26, a one-month domestic travel ban, and closure of non-essential businesses beginning April 3 in order to reduce the spread of COVID-19. 2021-03-31
Tokyo reports a new single-day record of 493 new cases, surpassing the previous record set in August and bringing the cumulative number of cases in the prefecture to over 35,000. 2020-11-18
A study shows that the Gam-COVID-Vac, Russia's COVID-19 vaccine, has produced an antibody response with no serious side effects in a small trial. 2020-09-4