Sources: Al Jazeera
Poland surpasses 100,000 deaths from COVID-19, becoming the 15th nation to do so. 2022-01-11
Russia reports a record for the fifth consecutive day of 697 deaths from COVID-19, thereby bringing the nationwide death toll to 137,262. 2021-07-3
Italy extends their ban on non-essential travel between regions with the exception of business trips and emergencies until March 27 due to the spread of COVID-19 infections. 2021-02-22
Auckland enters level three restrictions for the next three days in response to an ongoing COVID-19 outbreak, closing all non-essential businesses and suspending all in-person education. The rest of the country will enter level 2 restrictions, which will limit public gatherings. 2021-02-15
The United Kingdom surpasses four million cases of COVID-19, becoming the fifth country to do so after the United States, India, Brazil, and Russia. 2021-02-12
Iran's Ministry of Health and Medical Education reports the highest daily death toll to date from COVID-19, recording 163 deaths. Iran's cases reach 240,438 while the deaths jump to 11,571. 2020-07-5
The death toll from COVID-19 in the United States rises by 2,371 in a single day to 30,800, the highest number of COVID-19 linked deaths reported in any country in a single day, as total cases rise to 635,000. 2020-04-15
South Sudan Vice President Riek Machar confirms the country's first case of COVID-19. The patient is a 29-year-old woman who had arrived from Ethiopia in February and is now in isolation. 2020-04-5
The President of the Japan Football Association and deputy Olympic Committee chief Kozo Tashima tests positive for COVID-19. Japan insists the 2020 Summer Olympics will still go ahead as planned. 2020-03-17
Moldova bans all foreigners from entering the country via plane who have been to any country with confirmed cases of COVID-19. 2020-03-10