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BEIJING, Nov.8 (Xinhua) – The following are updates on the global fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.
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YANGON – Myanmar reported 1,029 more COVID-19 cases on Sunday, bringing the count in the country to 61,377, according to a press release from the Ministry of Health and Sports.
A total of 24 more deaths from COVID-19 were reported on Sunday, bringing the death toll to 1,420 in total, according to the statement.
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ADDIS ABABA – The number of confirmed cases on the African continent reached 1,870,348 with a death toll of 44,849 as of Sunday afternoon, the African Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.
A total of 1,577,213 people infected with COVID-19 have recovered across the continent so far, according to the continental disease control and prevention agency.
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TEHRAN – Iran reported 459 COVID-19-related deaths in the past 24 hours on Sunday, making it the highest daily death toll since the virus outbreak in the country.
The new figure brought the total death toll from the epidemic in Iran to 38,291, said Sima Sadat Lari, a spokesman for Iran’s Ministry of Health and Medical Education, in its daily briefing.
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WUHAN – Central China’s Hubei Province reported four confirmed COVID-19 cases and two asymptomatic cases on Saturday, all imported from Indonesia, the provincial health commission said on Sunday.
Asymptomatic patients and carriers arrived at Wuhan Tianhe International Airport from Jakarta, Indonesia, via Sriwijaya Air flight SJ3124 on Friday.
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KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysia reported 852 new COVID-19 infections, the Health Ministry said on Sunday, bringing the national total to 40,209.
The director general of the Health Ministry, Noor Hisham Abdullah, said in a press release that 13 of the new cases are imported and the rest are local broadcasts. Most of the new cases come from the eastern state of Sabah, with 524 of the new cases reported in the state. Final product
