People wearing face masks watch a re-enactment ceremony of the changing of the Royal Guards, in front of the main gate of the Deoksu Palace in Seoul, South Korea, Nov 13, 2020. (AHN YOUNG-JOON / AP)

MELBOURNE / NEW DELHI / BAGHDAD / ULAN BATOR / WELLINGTON / SINGAPORE / MANILA - South Korea reports 205 new coronavirus cases in 24 hours vs 191 a day earlier, according to data from the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency. The number of total cases is 28,338. 

There were 166 locally infected, with 63 new cases in Seoul and 46 in Gyeonggi province. Total deaths rose by four to 492.

In this Nov 9, 2020 photo, people return to Melbourne's central business district as Australia's Victoria state government announced an easing of restrictions. (WILLIAM WEST / AFP)

Australia

Australia’s three most populous states on Saturday recorded at least a week with no local transmissions of the new coronavirus, boding well for the country’s recovery from the pandemic after a flare-up marred an impressive early response.

India's COVID-19 tally reached 8,773,479 on Saturday as 44,684 new cases were registered across the country

Victoria, the epicentre of the resurgence of the virus in recent months, recorded its 15th consecutive day of no new infections and no related deaths, two weeks after the state emerged from one of the world’s longest and strictest lockdowns.

The second-most populous state’s deputy chief health officer, Allen Cheng, told a news conference that the run of zero cases was “about as good as it can get”.

Neighbouring New South Wales, the most populous state, saw seven days without local transmissions, while Queensland has had no new community infections for two months. Both states saw a handful of new cases in managed quarantine among travellers from overseas.

This latest data may mean Australia can record its first week of no local transmissions since the start of the pandemic as the rest of the country has not seen any cases for weeks or months.

Police personnel distribute facemasks to people on the streets to raise awareness on the COVID-19 coronavirus in Amritsar on Nov 12, 2020. (NARINDER NANU / AFP)

India

India's COVID-19 tally reached 8,773,479 on Saturday as 44,684 new cases were registered across the country in the past 24 hours, according to latest data released by the federal health ministry.

With 520 deaths since Friday morning, the total death toll in the country due to the pandemic reached 129,188, added the ministry's data.

Still there are 480,719 active COVID-19 cases in the country, while 8,163,572 people have been successfully cured and discharged from hospitals so far.

Iraq

The Iraqi Health Ministry reported on Friday 2,690 new COVID-19 cases, raising the number of nationwide infections to 514,496.

The new cases included 983 in the capital Baghdad, 247 in Sulaimaniyah, 264 in Duhok, and 227 in Kirkuk, the ministry said in a statement.

It also reported 48 new deaths and 2,628 recovered cases in Iraq, raising the death toll from the infectious virus to 11,580 and the total recoveries to 441,856.

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Mongolia

A total of 27 children from the same class of a kindergarten have been put on quarantine at the Central Military Hospital in Mongolia's capital Ulan Bator after a four-year-old boy in their class tested positive for the COVID-19 on Friday, according to the country's State Emergency Commission (SEC).

The boy is son of a 29-year-old Mongolian transport driver who returned home from Russia via Altanbulag border point and tested positive for the virus four days after he was released from a 21-day mandatory isolation on Nov. 6, Yangu Sodbaatar, deputy prime minister and head of the SEC, said at a press conference.

The driver's wife tested positive for the virus on Wednesday and was believed to be the first domestically transmitted COVID-19 case in the country.

New Zealand

New Zealand reported three new cases of COVID-19, all in managed isolation and quarantine facilities, said the Ministry of Health in a statement on Saturday.

The three new cases were recent arrivals from Romania, Australia and Britain, said the ministry.

New Zealand is currently at COVID-19 Alert Level one with no restriction on public gathering.

Passengers arrive at the departure area at Marina Bay Cruise Centre in Singapore on Nov 6, 2020 for "cruises to nowhere" in a bid to revive its pandemic-hit tourism industry. (ROSLAN RAHMAN / AFP)

Singapore

Singapore's Ministry of Health (MOH) reported 12 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, bringing the total confirmed cases in the country to 58,114.

All of the new cases are imported cases.

Altogether 28 people have passed away from complications due to COVID-19 infection.

The Philippines

The Philippines' Department of Health (DOH) on Saturday reported 1,650 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 infection, bringing the total number in the country to 406,337.

It is the fifth straight day the daily increase of cases in the Philippines came below 2,000, which is the first time since July.