A man receives a COVID-19 vaccine at a mobile vaccine clinic bus at the Grand Bazaar of Tehran, Iran on Jan 22, 2022. (VAHID SALEMI / AP)
SINGAPORE / TEHRAN / DHAKA / HANOI – Iran's daily COVID-19 cases on Monday surpassed 1,000 for the first time since April 27, according to the Iranian Health Ministry's website.
A total of 1,007 new COVID-19 cases were found over the past 24 hours, 122 of whom were hospitalized.
Over the past few weeks, daily infections in the country hardly exceeded 200, with some days dropping to less than 100.
The total number of identified COVID-19 cases in Iran since the outbreak in late February 2020 has reached 7,240,564, and the total death toll stands at 141,404, said the ministry.
A Rohingya refugee gets vaccinated against COVID-19 in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh on Aug 10, 2021. (SHAFIQUR RAHMAN / AP)
Bangladesh
Bangladesh on Monday recorded 12 new COVID-19 deaths during the past 24 hours, the highest number in the last four months, taking the overall death toll to 29,174.
The country last recorded a death count this high on March 5 this year.
Bangladesh also reported over 2,000 new COVID-19 cases, with the daily test positivity rate jumping to 16.51 percent in the 24 hours till 8:00 a.m. local time Monday.
To date, Bangladesh has recorded 1,980,974 cases, including 2,285 new cases on Monday, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said.
Singapore's President Halimah Yacob delivers a speech during the opening ceremony of the Conference on Dialogue of Asian Civilizations at the National Convention Center in Beijing on May 15, 2019. (NICOLAS ASFOURI /AFP)
Singapore
Singaporean President Halimah Yacob posted on Facebook on Monday evening that she was just tested positive for COVID-19 with mild flu-like symptoms.
"Thankfully, I have been vaccinated and boosted," she said. "I hope to recover soon and am sorry to have to miss the events this week."
Also on Monday evening, Singapore's Speaker of Parliament Tan Chuan-Jin also said that he was tested positive for COVID-19.
"All good things must come to an end. My COVID-free days are over," he wrote in his Facebook post.
Local media reported on June 19 that Singapore's Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat had tested positive for COVID-19 while in Germany.
Singapore reported 5,946 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday, bringing the total tally to 1,473,180.
Of the new cases, 495 cases were detected through PCR (polymerase chain reaction) tests and 5,451 through ART (antigen rapid test) tests, according to statistics released by the Ministry of Health.
One death was reported from COVID-19 on Monday, bringing the total death toll to 1,419, the ministry said.
Passengers wait for transportation outside the arrival hall of Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi on March 15, 2022, as Vietnam announced the return of a visa exemption policy for 13 countries in an effort to kickstart its tourism sector. (NHAC NGUYEN / AFP)
Vietnam
Vietnam recorded 685 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, up 173 from Sunday, according to the Ministry of Health.
The newly reported infections brought the total tally to 10,749,324 with 43,088 deaths.