Thai police have said one person managed to survive the accident and 11 others were trapped in the vehicle and died in the blaze.
At least 10 people were killed and as many others wounded after a gunman began firing at a club in Monterey Park, a city in Los Angeles county.
Around the world, people ushered in the Lunar New Year, the most important annual holiday for Chinese people.
The official death toll update comes amid doubts over Beijing's data transparency and remains extremely low by global standards.
An estimated two billion people celebrate the Lunar New Year, which corresponds to the first new moon of the lunar calendar that occurs between late January to early February.
Hundreds of millions have started returning to their hometowns ahead of Lunar New Year period to spend holidays with their families and relatives amid a surging wave of infections across the country.
Ri Sol-ju and Kim Jong-un's aunt, Kim Kyong-hui, attended an art performance event celebrating the Lunar New Year holiday in Pyongyang.
Celebrated predominantly in East Asia and its diasporas, the world welcomes the new lunar Year of the Tiger.
"There will be no Mudik in 2021," Culture Minister Muhadjir Effendy says. Many head to hometowns in time, known as Mudik, for celebrations at the end of Islam's holy fasting month.
Exports spiked 60.6 percent on-year in the January-February period, well above analysts' expectations, while imports rose 22.2 percent, with electronics and textile exports such as masks contributed to the spike in outbound shipments.
Meanwhile, China's central bank says that used banknotes are being disinfected with ultraviolet light or high temperatures, and stored for up to 14 days before they are put back into circulation.
The patient was the second of Russia's two confirmed cases of novel coronavirus to recover. Moscow has isolated hundreds of Russian and Chinese nationals for virus screening upon arrival from China.
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