In the past 24 hours, the world recorded 690 more deaths, bringing the total number of deaths from COVID-19 to 6,752,986.

Asia accounted for the majority of the world's new COVID-19 infections in the past 24 hours with 118,861 cases, including 59,885 in Japan, 35,096 in South Korea, and 19,144 in Taiwan (China);... Asia also recorded 511 new deaths in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of deaths in the region due to COVID-19 to 1,526,673. Of the total 212,226,352 COVID-19 cases in Asia, 196,695,197 have been cured.

In Indonesia, on January 26, Indonesian President Joko Widodo announced that the Southeast Asian country is entering a transitional phase from a COVID-19 pandemic to an endemic disease. Speaking at a national meeting on the transition to COVID-19 management and economic recovery, Mr. Joko Widodo emphasized: "This is a transitional phase and we must continue to be alert and careful in policy making." In recent months, the Indonesian government has made efforts to increase community immunity and minimize risks for those exposed by accelerating the COVID-19 vaccination program.

In Thailand, the Department of Disease Control under the Ministry of Public Health said on January 25 that the number of COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths in Thailand decreased in the third week of January 2023. During the week of January 15-21, a total of 627 people were hospitalized for severe COVID-19 symptoms, an average of 90 cases per day. This figure is lower than the 969 hospitalizations during the week of January 8-14, an average of 138 cases per day. Since the beginning of the year, 2,593 people have been hospitalized for COVID-19 symptoms and 167 people have died. In addition, the Department of Disease Control said that there are currently 277 COVID-19 patients being treated for lung infections and 187 people using ventilators.

In the European region, the number of new cases recorded in the past 24 hours was 14,801, bringing the total number of cases in the region to 244,528,414. The situation of new cases in countries in the past 24 hours is as follows: Russia has 7,077 more cases; France has 5,287 more cases; Serbia has 700 more cases... This region recorded 102 deaths in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of deaths due to COVID-19 to 2,001,706 cases.

The situation of new COVID-19 cases in other regions is as follows: North America recorded 7,093 new infections (this number includes 7,080 cases in the US, 13 cases in Cuba); South America had 2,998 more cases (this number includes 2,216 cases in Chile; 782 cases in Bolivia); Africa had 306 more cases./.

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