The game between the Miami Heat and the Boston Celtics Sunday night has been postponed after Miami announced it does not have the minimum eight players available because of ongoing COVID-19 contact tracing, ESPN reported.

Earlier Sunday, Heat guard Avery Bradley was placed into the health and safety protocol and was ruled out for Sunday night's game.

The Celtics were set to play with the minimum eight players after nine players were ruled out, including seven because of the NBA's health and safety protocols.

The NBA postponed a Dec. 23 game between the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Houston Rockets after the Rockets didn't have the minimum number of available players.

The coronavirus pandemic has affected at least 90 million people worldwide, according to data from John Hopkins University's Coronavirus Resource Center.

There were an additional 10 million global cases reported over the last 15 days, the data showed.

As of Sunday, 1,931,571 COVID-19 deaths have been reported around the globe, Johns Hopkins said.

The United States leads the world with cases and deaths, according to the data.

As of Sunday, the U.S. has 22,293,281 cases, roughly a quarter of the total world cases, and 373,588 deaths, roughly 19% of the world's deaths, Johns Hopkins reported.

California's coronavirus surge continues to worsen, according to new data released Sunday by the state's Health Department.

The state recorded 49,685 new cases after administering a record 473,076 tests, the Health Department said. There were 468 new fatalities on Sunday, according to the Health Department.

All metrics were over 1% increases from the previous day, the health data showed. Since the start of the pandemic, California has 2,670,962 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 29,701 deaths, the Health Department said.

As of Jan. 9, 734,405 coronavirus vaccine doses have been administered, according to the Health Department.

The United Kingdom saw another day of rising coronavirus cases, deaths and hospitalizations, according to the British government.

The nation recorded 54,940 new cases Sunday, bringing the total number of cases to 3,072,349, the health data showed. The seven-day average for new cases rose from 21,698 on Dec. 10 to 61,106 on Jan. 1, the British government said.

The U.K. saw 563 new COVID-19-related fatalities Sunday, according to the health data. The country has 81,431 total deaths since the start of the pandemic, the government said.

There are currently 32,294 people hospitalized in Britain. The seven-day average for new hospital admissions rose from 1,728 on Dec. 10 to 3,345 on Jan. 1, officials said.

Seychelles has recorded its first death from COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus.

The patient was a 57-year-old Seychellois man who was hospitalized on New Year's Eve at a COVID-19 isolation and treatment center on Perseverance Island, just north of the capital Victoria. He died from complications of his illness on Sunday evening, according to a press release from Seychelles' Ministry of Health.

"This is the first such death occurring in Seychelles and comes amid an uptick of new COVID-19 cases," the health ministry said in a statement. "This first loss is deeply felt by all the health workers and community in general. It further strengthens the resolve to intensify efforts to prevent further transmission."

In the wake of the country's first coronavirus-related fatality, Seychellois health authorities announced a string of new restrictions at a press conference Monday, including the closure of all public swimming pools, retail stores and many restaurants. Grocery stores and hardware shops can remain open.

Seychelles President Wavel Ramkalawan warned that the "situation is deteriorating," with more than a dozen new cases confirmed over the previous 24 hours.

"It is easy to put COVID-19 under control if we all take precautions," Ramkalawan told reporters Monday. "We should all be wearing our mask, it is an easy thing to do."

Seychelles, an Indian Ocean archipelago located off the coast of East Africa with a population of just under 100,000, has reported 322 confirmed cases of COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic, according to the latest data from the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.