The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases reported in Africa reached 11,378,423 as of Sunday evening, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said.
South Korea recorded 205,333 new COVID-19 cases as of midnight Thursday compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 14,983,694, the health authorities said Friday.
Two people were confirmed dead, and one went missing, in an accident that a helicopter crashed in waters off South Korea's southernmost island of Mara, Yonhap news agency said Friday citing the coast guard.
India's COVID-19 tally rose to 43,029,839 on Tuesday, as 795 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours across the country, showed the federal health ministry's latest data.