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The following are the updates on the global fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.
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BEIJING -- Beijing city had conducted nucleic acid tests on nearly 2.3 million people as of 6 a.m. Saturday (2200 GMT Friday) in its efforts to contain the resurgence of domestically transmitted COVID-19 cases, local authorities said.
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DHAKA -- Bangladesh reported over 3,240 more COVID-19 cases on Saturday, bringing the total in the country to over 108,000.
A total of 3,240 new COVID-19 positive cases and 37 deaths were reported in the last 24 hours across Bangladesh, Senior Health Ministry official Nasima Sultana said in a media briefing on Saturday afternoon.
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KABUL -- With 546 new COVID-19 positive cases reported over the past 24 hours in Afghanistan, the number of cases in the country has risen to 28,424, said a statement of Public Health Ministry released here Saturday.
According to the statement, 21 patients have died over the past 24 hours, bringing the number of COVID-19 related deaths to 569 since February.
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MOSCOW -- Russia recorded an increase of 7,889 COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, taking its total to 576,952, the country's coronavirus response center said Saturday in a statement.
The death toll rose by 161 to 8,002, while 334,592 people have recovered, including 10,186 over the last 24 hours, said the statement.
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BISHKEK -- Kyrgyzstan's health ministry reported on Saturday 192 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number of infections to 2,981.
Nurbolot Usenbaev, the country's deputy health minister, told a news briefing that three patients died in the country in the last 24 hours, raising the total number of fatalities to 35.
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LOS ANGELES -- Cities in the U.S. state of Arizona, including its capital city Phoenix, approved face mask orders in public Friday, when the western state reported a record of 3,246 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours.
As of Friday evening, 46,698 COVID-19 cases with 1,312 deaths have been reported in the state, and Arizona ranked No. 20 among U.S. states with the most confirmed COVID-19 cases, according to the latest data from the state's Department of Health Service.
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NEW DELHI -- India's federal health ministry said Saturday morning that 375 new deaths due to COVID-19, besides fresh 14,516 positive cases, were reported during the past 24 hours across the country.
It took the number of deaths to 12,948 and total cases to 395,048.
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WELLINGTON -- New Zealand reported two new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday, director-general of health Ashley Bloomfield said at a press conference.
The patients are a couple in their 20s who returned from India on a direct repatriation flight and arrived on June 5. The couple was also travelling with an infant who has not been tested. It is still to be determined if the child is a probable case.
