The world recorded more than 84.2 million cases of nCoV, of which more than 1.83 million people died, Turkey is the latest country to report new strains from the UK, bringing the number of countries and territories where the strain was detected.

The world records 84,281,678 cases and 1,833,437 deaths from Covid-19, an increase of 555,830 and 9,719 cases a day, respectively, while 59,591,723 people have recovered, according to the Worldometers real-time update page.

Turkey closed the border with the UK since January 1, announcing it discovered 15 new infections, easily spread from England.

More than 40 countries closed new British borders.

The United States, the world's largest epidemic region, recorded 170,012 more infections and 2,488 deaths in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of infections to 20,572,813, of which 355,935 died.

According to the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), so far, just over 2.8 million people have been vaccinated with Covid-19.

To speed up vaccinations, US Senator Mitt Romney called for the deployment of veterinarians, emergency medical staff and medical students for the campaign and transforming locations like schools into vaccination sites.

India, the second largest epidemic region in the world, reported an additional 17,080 infections and 187 deaths, bringing the total number of people infected and dead from Covid-19 to 10.303.409 and 149.205, respectively.

The New Delhi Disaster Management Agency on December 31 imposed a curfew from 11:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. in the capital for two days, December 31 to January 1 morning and January 1 to January 2 morning.

India suspended all flights from the UK from December 23 to January 7 due to concerns about the spread of a new strain of nCoV, but about 33,000 passengers had flown since late November, before the ban was

Indian health officials are expected to start vaccinating about 300 million people earlier this month.

Brazil, the third largest epidemic region in the world, recorded an additional 176 deaths from Covid-19, bringing the total number of deaths to 195,152.

With pressure on President Jair Bolsonaro to start vaccinating people, the Brazilian government on December 29 urged vaccine manufacturers Covid-19 to speed up registration of vaccine approvals in the country.

Russia, the fourth largest epidemic region in the world, recorded an additional 27,039 nCoV infections and 536 deaths, bringing the total number of infections and deaths to 3,186,336 and 57,555 respectively.

In his New Year's speech 2021, Russian President Vladimir Putin admitted that a second wave of Covid-19 was devastating the country.

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Tatiana Golikova said on December 28 that "more than 81%" of the increase in deaths between January and November compared with the same period last year was attributed to Covid-19, which means more than 186,000

Russia started rolling out the Sputnik V vaccination as part of its national vaccination program in early December, focusing on the high-risk group.

France, the fifth largest epidemic region in the world, recorded an additional 19,348 cases and 133 deaths, bringing infections and deaths to 2,639,773 and 64,765 respectively.

On December 31st, France first recorded a new case of nCoV infection from South Africa, who was a person in the Haut-Rhin region, near the Swiss border, who had just returned from this African country.

France has gone through two blockades, but the number of new infections daily hasn't dropped below 5,000 as targeted by the government.

Since January 2, France has imposed an earlier night curfew in 15 northeast and southeast administrative zones, starting at 6 p.m. instead of 8 p.m.

Health Minister Olivier Veran announced on January 1 a plan to expand the immunization campaign, which only targets nursing home residents and medical staff over 65 years old.

The UK, the sixth largest epidemic region in the world, recorded 2,542,065 cases and 74,125 deaths, an increase of 53,285 and 613 cases, respectively.

British health officials warn the country is "returning to the heart of the storm" Covid-19, with a number of patients hospitalized as much as the peak period in April.

On January 1, Britain ordered the closure of all primary schools in London and re-activating field hospitals set up at the start of the pandemic.

In his New Year's message on December 31st, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Britain faces "an uphill battle" in the coming months, but believes that the country will "escape the specter" of Covid-19 in 2021.

Iran, one of the Middle East's largest epidemic zones, reported 55,337 deaths, an increase of 114, out of 1,231,429 cases, an increase of 6,286.

Iran on December 29 kicked off the first phase of a clinical trial of a self-developed Covid-19 vaccine by injecting three people on television.

In addition, Iran is continuing to develop another vaccine, at the same time placing about 16.8 million doses through Covax, the vaccine delivery mechanism established by the World Health Organization.