The U.S. set a new record high of over 640,000 daily COVID-19 cases on Friday, according to the latest data from Johns Hopkins University. A total of 647,067 new cases and 1,409 new deaths were reported across the nation.
Portugal registered 30,829 new COVID-19 infections within 24 hours on Friday, a new high since the beginning of the pandemic, bringing its total number of infections to 1,389,646.
The number of new daily COVID-19 cases in Turkey has doubled in 10 days to 40,786, Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said on Friday. Turkey raised its total number of infections to 9,482,550.
A medical worker puts in used nasal swab to the bag at COVID-19 testing site in Times Square subway station in New York, the United States, December 30, 2021. /CFP