The Vatican announces that Pope Francis has designated the Archdiocese of Quito in Ecuador as the host of the 2024 International Eucharistic Congress.
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March 20, 2021 (Saturday)
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Arts and culture
Disasters and accidents
The Australian state of New South Wales is battered by a storm, causing flooding in various towns and parts of Sydney.
A magnitude 7.2 earthquake strikes off the coast of Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, causing tsunami waves of up to 1 metre (3.3 ft). As a precaution, Tohoku Electric Power shuts down the Onagawa Nuclear Power Plant and Tokyo Electric Power Company checks the condition of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, which was struck by the massive earthquake and tsunami of March 11, 2011.
Health and environment
Richard Mendani becomes the first incumbent member of the National Parliament to die from COVID-19.
India reports 40,953 new cases in the past 24 hours, the highest single-day total since November 29, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 11,555,284.
The Philippines reports a new record for the second consecutive day of 7,999 confirmed cases, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 656,056.
Florida surpasses two million cases of COVID-19, becoming the third U.S. state to do so after California and Texas.
New York reports its first case of the Lineage P.1 variant, which was originally detected in Brazil. The patient is a Brooklyn woman in her 90s in Mount Sinai Hospital who had no travel history.
The United Kingdom reports a new single-day record of 711,156 doses of the vaccine administered.
Miami Beach imposes a curfew due to crowds on spring break. It will take effect beginning at 8:00 p.m.
Politics and elections
Julia Letlow, the wife of late Representative-elect Luke Letlow, wins the special election to the 5th congressional district, thereby becoming Louisiana's first female Republican Representative. The special election to the 2nd congressional district will head to an April 24 runoff between the top two finishers Troy Carter and Karen Carter Peterson.
Sports
The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games announces that overseas spectators will be banned from entry to Japan to watch the 2020 Summer Olympics and 2020 Summer Paralympics due to risk of spread of COVID-19.
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