According to WHO's data, this rise was followed by Brazil - 324,334 new cases; Indonesia - 289,029 new cases; the United Kingdom - 282,920 new cases; and India - 265,836 new cases.
The region's airlines carried only 1.4 million international passengers in June, just 4.4 per cent of the 32 million carried in the corresponding month in 2019.
The 24 cases, bringing the cumulative total to 193, included three athletes from overseas in Tokyo for the Olympics, which opened on Friday following an unprecedented one-year postponement due to the pandemic.
Pfizer raised its forecast for sales of the COVID-19 vaccine that it developed by 28.8% to $33.5 billion.
Biden said the most important protection we have against the Delta variant is to get vaccinated.
The extension came during Sydney's fifth week of lockdown, which will now last until Aug. 28 at 12:01 a.m., for a total of 63 days.
Mallya has been denied any right to appeal against the bankruptcy decision.
Nanjing, a mega-city with a population of more than 9.3 million, has seen daily increases of locally transmitted COVID-19 cases since a few airport workers tested positive for coronavirus last week.
The United States has restricted travel from the European Union, Britain, China and Iran for more than a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, later adding other countries including Brazil and India.
The country expects to vaccinate 80 per cent of its population by then, placing the nation in a solid position to move forward with the reopening.
The airline says that the date may be extended depending on directives by UAE authorities.
Further, the department informed that 7,832 people are presently rehabilitated at 259 shelters.
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