Two ladies stand before a closed department store in Dublin, Ireland, Jan. 1, 2021. (File photo: XInhua)

The total number of deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic worldwide has increased to 1,834,511 with the global confirmed cases reaching 84,505,870 as of 9 am BJT on Sunday, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University.

Current status (data as of 9 am BJT, January 3):

Shanghai on Saturday reduced to zero the number of confirmed locally transmitted COVID-19 cases after the last local-infection case was discharged from hospital, local health authorities said.

The health department of the US city of Houston opened the city's first public COVID-19 vaccine site on Saturday.

Chile reported 3,338 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing total infections to 615,902, the Ministry of Health said on Saturday.

Turkey reported 11,180 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, raising the total number in the country to 2,232,035. Meanwhile, a Palestinian official said that the first shipment of the coronavirus vaccine is expected to arrive in the Gaza Strip by March.

Panamanian President Laurentino Cortizo on Saturday expressed his confidence in the country's economic recovery in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, although he admitted that there will be no way forward if there is no self-discipline among the population.

Myanmar recorded 574 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 14 more deaths from the coronavirus epidemic in the past 24 hours, according to a release from the Health Ministry on Saturday.

Singapore's Ministry of Health reported 33 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, bringing the total confirmed cases in the country to 58,662.