August 4, 2021 (2021-08-04) (Wednesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
Disasters and accidents
Health and environment
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
- COVID-19 pandemic in Japan
- Japan reports a record 14,207 new cases in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 971,904. (NHK)
- Tokyo reports a record 4,166 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours. (The Hill)
- COVID-19 pandemic in mainland China, Travel restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia
- COVID-19 pandemic in Iran
- COVID-19 pandemic in Macau
- Macau launches compulsory COVID-19 testing for all 680,000 people at 41 testing centres and will close all cinemas, gyms, bars, and other entertainment venues beginning midnight after the first local cases were reported in the city in more than 16 months. Four members of a family were infected with the Delta variant. (Bloomberg News) (France 24)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia
- Malaysia reports a record 19,819 new cases and 257 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 1,183,110 and the nationwide death toll to 9,855. (CNA)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Thailand
- Thailand reports a record 20,200 new cases and 188 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 672,385 and the nationwide death toll to 5,503. (Bangkok Post)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
- COVID-19 pandemic in North America
- COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand
- COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil
- COVID-19 pandemic in Ivory Coast
- The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases worldwide surpasses 200 million. (The New York Times)
International relations
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