Malaysia reported 2,136 new COVID-19 infections as of midnight Wednesday, bringing the national total to 4,887,675, according to the country's Health Ministry.
South Korea reported 34,987 new COVID-19 cases as of midnight Wednesday compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 25,431,105, the health authorities said Thursday.
A seven-year-old boy was killed and another child and a woman were wounded Tuesday in a bomb blast in India's eastern state of West Bengal, police said.
The Nigerian government on Tuesday said 612 people have died and 3,219,780 people have been adversely impacted as a result of flooding in the country since the beginning of the rainy season this year.