South Korea reports a record 216 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide death toll to 8,796. The country also surpasses 4 million cases of COVID-19. 2022-03-5
Russia reports a record 808 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide death toll to 168,049. 2021-08-12
Canada announces that it will purchase two million doses of the vaccine produced by Moderna. 2021-05-27
President Alberto Fernández announces a three-week curfew from midnight to 6:00 p.m. beginning from April 9 to April 30 amidst a record number of COVID-19 cases. 2021-04-7
Romania imposes a nationwide nighttime curfew and closes all schools for 30 days beginning November 9 after the number of daily infections surges over the past two weeks. All shops will close by 9:00 p.m. and people will have to stay home from 11:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. local time. It also widens the compulsory use of face masks to all outdoor spaces across the country and orders all indoor farm produce markets to close. 2020-11-6
White House senior policy adviser Stephen Miller tests positive for COVID-19. 2020-10-6
Ukraine reports 1,318 new COVID-19 cases during the last 24 hours, a record high for a second consecutive day. 2020-08-6
The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 reaches more than one million worldwide. 2020-04-2
The Gambia reports its first confirmed case of COVID-19, a female patient in her 20s who recently returned from the United Kingdom. The patient is in isolation at a clinic in Fajara. 2020-03-18