Visitors wearing facemasks look at paintings at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 'The Met' in New York City on February 9, 2021. Photo: AFP

The total number of deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic worldwide has increased to 2,327,231 with the global confirmed cases reaching 106,533,071 as of 7:00 pm BJT on Tuesday, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University.

Source: Johns Hopkins University

Current status (data as of 7:00 pm BJT, February 9):

Pakistan is the world's first country to receive China's vaccine donation, and the Pakistani army is also the first foreign military to receive COVID-19 vaccine aid from the Chinese military on Monday.

A second hotel quarantine worker in Australia's Victoria state was tested positive for the highly infectious COVID-19 strain that was found in Britain, Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews said Tuesday.

Iran began its vaccination campaign against Covid-19 on Tuesday to fight the Middle East's deadliest outbreak of the illness, images broadcast by state television showed.

US Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg will quarantine for 14 days after a member of his security detail tested positive Monday for the coronavirus.