javascript async function of api request skips for loop

Question

I'm trying to make an api request inside an async function and scan through the data and take specific data, yet it just skips to the return statement , here's the function:

async function getCovidDataByCountry(countryName){

    var message = '';

    const options = {
        method: 'GET',
        url: 'https://corona-virus-world-and-india-data.p.rapidapi.com/api',
        headers: {
          'X-RapidAPI-Host': 'corona-virus-world-and-india-data.p.rapidapi.com',
          'X-RapidAPI-Key': '03bc1d6a21msh5dc1f3d09f61988p1ab0a2jsn585dae537ca9',
          useQueryString: true
        }
      };
      
      request(options, function (error, response, body) {
        if (error) throw new Error(error);
        var data = JSON.parse(body);
        let length = Object.keys( data.countries_stat ).length;
        for(let i = 0;i < length; i++){
            if(data.countries_stat[i].country_name == countryName){
                message += data.countries_stat[i].toString();
            }
            
        }
        return Promise.resolve(message);
      });

}

and here's where I call it in a different script:

        let message = await chatCommandHandler.getCovidDataByCountry(msg.body.substring(8));
        msg.reply(message);