October 10, 2020 (2020-10-10) (Saturday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
Arts and culture
- Luis Fonsi's Despacito music video becomes the first video on YouTube to surpass seven billion (7,000,000,000) views. (Archive)
Disasters and accidents
Health and environment
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
- COVID-19 pandemic in the Czech Republic
- The government mull reimposing a lockdown as the health ministry reports 8,618 new cases on Friday, surpassing the previous record set on Thursday and reached a fourth straight daily record for the country where infection rate per capita (398 per 100,000) is the highest in the European Union. (Arab News)
- COVID-19 pandemic in France
- The number of confirmed cases in France increases by 26,896 to 718,873, setting a record for the largest number of reported cases since the beginning of the pandemic. (The Hill)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Germany
- The number of confirmed cases in Germany increased by 4,721 to 319,381, according to data from the Robert Koch Institute for infectious diseases. It is the highest number of reported cases in a single day since April as the country tightens its restrictions in Berlin and Frankfurt. (Al Jazeera)
- COVID-19 pandemic in the Republic of Ireland
- COVID-19 pandemic in Portugal
- Portugal registers 1,646 new daily cases, bringing the cumulative total of confirmed cases to 85,574. This is the highest daily increase for the country since the beginning of the pandemic. (DGS)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Ukraine
- The number of daily deaths in Ukraine exceeds 100 for the first time since the pandemic began, jumping to 108, according to a statement from the NSDC, with a total of 4,887 deaths being recorded since the first cases were reported in the country. (Reuters)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Russia
- Russia reports 12,846 cases, their highest since the start of the pandemic. The number of cases reaches to 1,285,084. (Reuters)
- COVID-19 pandemic in North America
- COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
- COVID-19 pandemic in Iran
- Iran imposes additional restrictions for its capital Tehran. The new restrictions include making everyone wear a mask while indoors mandatory, and there is a fine of 500,000 rials ($1.6) for violators who do not comply with the new rules. A partial shutdown implemented in the city last week is extended until October 16. (Al Jazeera)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Nepal
- Nepal reports 5,008 new infections in the past 24 hours and taking the nationwide total at 105,684, the highest single day record of reported cases since the first cases were detected on January 23. (PTI via Financial Express)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil
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