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A medical worker collects a swab sample from a woman at a COVID-19 screening centre in Patna, India's Bihar state, on July 21, 2020. (Str/Xinhua)
The following are the updates on the global fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.
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SINGAPORE -- Singapore's Ministry of Health reported 354 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 49,098.
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NEW DELHI -- The total number of COVID-19 cases surpassed the 1.2-million mark in India reaching 1,238,635, as the death toll reached 29,861, according to the latest data from the health ministry on Thursday.
The health ministry said 1,129 new deaths due to COVID-19, besides fresh 45,720 positive cases, were reported during the past 24 hours across India.
This is the highest single-day jump in terms of both fresh COVID-19 cases and deaths in the country so far.
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WASHINGTON -- The number of initial jobless claims in the United States rose to 1.4 million last week amid a resurgence in COVID-19 cases, reversing a weekly decline that has continued for 14 weeks, the Labor Department reported Thursday.
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BEIJING -- China's national high-tech zones have maintained growth despite the impact of the COVID-19 epidemic, a senior official said on Thursday.
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MOGADISHU -- About 5.2 million Somalis including three million children are in need of humanitarian assistance due to the triple threat of floods, locusts and COVID-19, the UN children's fund (UNICEF) said on Thursday.
Jesper Moller, deputy representative of UNICEF Somalia said the Horn of Africa nation is one of the most fragile nations in the world, a country that has experienced decades of conflict, cyclical drought and floods, and he called on the international community to act swiftly to avert the crisis.
