South Korea reported 34,370 new COVID-19 cases as of midnight Sunday compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 16,929,564, the health authorities said Monday.
The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Africa reached 11,389,783 cases as of Thursday evening, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said.
The death toll in the Philippines from the landslides and flooding spawned by tropical storm Megi rose to 224, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said on Thursday.