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BEIJING, Jan.2 (Xinhua) – The following are updates on the global fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.
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YANGON – Myanmar recorded 574 new confirmed COVID-19 cases and 14 more deaths from the coronavirus epidemic in the past 24 hours, according to a statement from the Ministry of Health on Saturday.
The latest figures raised the Asian country’s total COVID-19 infection count to 125,616 with 2,711 deaths.
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SINGAPORE – Singapore’s Ministry of Health reported 33 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, bringing the total confirmed cases in the country to 58,662.
All new cases are imported cases.
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SHANGHAI – Shanghai on Saturday reduced the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases transmitted locally to zero after the latest case of local infection was discharged from the hospital, local health authorities said.
Four confirmed cases of COVID-19, including the latest locally transmitted case under treatment, were discharged from the hospital after recovery on Saturday, the Shanghai municipal health commission said.
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JAKARTA – Indonesia recorded 52 more deaths from COVID-19 among medical workers in December, bringing the total count to 237, the Indonesian Medical Association said on Saturday.
This figure is higher than in November and October, when the death toll reached 32 and 24 respectively.
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DOHA – Qatar’s Ministry of Health announced 198 new COVID-19 infections on Saturday, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 144,240, Qatar’s official News Agency (QNA) reported.
Meanwhile, 124 more people recovered from the virus, bringing overall recoveries to 141,680, while deaths stood at 245 for the fifth day in a row, according to a ministry statement cited by QNA.
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DHAKA – Bangladesh reported 684 new COVID-19 cases and 23 new deaths on Saturday, bringing the tally to 515,184 and the death toll at 7,599, the General Directorate of Health Services said.
Official data showed that 9,701 samples were analyzed in the last 24 hours in Bangladesh.
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KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysia reported 2,295 new COVID-19 infections on Saturday, bringing the national total to 117,373.
The Director General of the Health Ministry, Noor Hisham Abdullah, said in a press release that nine of the new cases are imported and 2,286 are local broadcasts.
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MINSK – Belarus reported 1,902 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday, bringing its total to 198,125, according to the country’s Health Ministry.
There have been 3,007 new recoveries in the last 24 hours, bringing the total recoveries to 181,109, the ministry added.
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TBILISI – Georgia reported 342 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, bringing its total to 228,752.
Among the new cases, 183 were confirmed in the capital city of Tbilisi, the National Center for Disease Control and Public Health (NCDC) said.
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KABUL – A total of 120 new COVID-19 cases were recorded in Afghanistan during the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of patients affected by the disease in the country to 52,706, according to a statement from the Ministry of Public Health on Saturday. .
The statement also said 11 patients died during the same period, bringing the number of COVID-19-related deaths to 2,222 since the outbreak of the pandemic in the country in February last year.
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JAKARTA – Indonesia’s COVID-19 cases rose by 7,203 in one day to 758,473, and the death toll rose by 226 to 22,555, the Health Ministry said on Saturday.
According to the ministry, 7,582 more people were discharged from hospitals, bringing the total number of recovered patients to 625,518. Final product
