SEOUL -- South Korea reported 34,370 new COVID-19 cases as of midnight Sunday compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 16,929,564, the health authorities said Monday.

The daily caseload was down from 64,725 in the previous day and 47,730 a week earlier, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency. (South Korea-COVID-19)

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KUALA LUMPUR -- Malaysia reported 4,006 new COVID-19 infections as of midnight Sunday, bringing the national total to 4,431,073, according to the health ministry.

There are seven new imported cases and 3,999 local transmissions, data released on the ministry's website showed. (Malaysia-COVID 19-Cases)

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JAKARTA -- A 5.7-magnitude earthquake jolted Indonesia's eastern province of Papua early on Monday, the meteorology, climatology and geophysics agency said.

The quake rocked at 06:50 Jakarta time, with the epicenter at 43 km southwest of Keerom district and the depth at 87 km under-earth, the agency said. (Indonesia-Earthquake)

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NEW DELHI -- India's COVID-19 tally rose to 43,060,086 on Monday after 2,541 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours across the country, showed the federal health ministry's latest data.

This is the sixth consecutive day when the number of new cases breached the 2,000-mark, after lying low for the past several months. (India-COVID 19-Cases) Enditem

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