Sources: Al Jazeera
Russia reports a record for the fifth consecutive day of 1,075 deaths from COVID-19, thereby bringing the nationwide death toll to 229,528. The country also reports a record for the third consecutive day of 37,678 new cases of COVID-19, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 8.2 million. 2021-10-23
Russia reports a record 857 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide death toll to 206,388. 2021-09-29
Sri Lanka surpasses 2,000 deaths from COVID-19 after a record 101 deaths are reported in the past 24 hours. 2021-06-11
Brazil surpasses 400,000 COVID-19 deaths, becoming the second country to do so after the United States. 2021-04-29
Malaysia reports a record 25 deaths in the past 24 hours, thereby surpassing 1,000 deaths from COVID-19. 2021-02-18
Cambodia launches a vaccination campaign against COVID-19 using 600,000 doses of Sinopharm's BBIBP-CorV vaccine. The son of Prime Minister Hun Sen, Hun Manet, and several cabinet ministers are among the first people to get vaccinated. 2021-02-10
7,143 new cases are reported in the United Kingdom in the last 24 hours, the highest single day of reported cases ever since the beginning of the outbreak. Meanwhile, 71 COVID-19-related deaths are reported at the same time, the highest level since July 1. 2020-09-29
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
More than 850 million students are not attending school due to the coronavirus pandemic, according to UNESCO. 2020-03-18