Latest COVID-19 watch, July 15: Mexico registers near-record daily cases, deaths

People walk past a poster thanking medical workers in Mexico City, Mexico, on July 12, 2020. (Xinhua)

-Mexico registers near-record daily cases, deaths

-India records highest daily spike of 29,429 new infections as total reach 936,181

-China's Shanghai reports 3 new imported cases

-Philippines' 3rd cabinet member tests positive for COVID-19

BEIJING, July 15 (Xinhua) -- The following are the updates on the global fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.

MEXICO CITY -- The Mexican Health Ministry on Tuesday reported 7,051 new coronavirus infections and 836 more fatalities, with both being among the highest figures the country has registered.

The recent increasing trend following gradual and partial resumptions have halted the government's plan to announce weekly updates of reopening in economy and social life.

A health worker takes a sample from a man at a bus terminal in Ahmedabad, India, on July 14, 2020. (Str/Xinhua)

NEW DELHI -- India's health ministry Wednesday morning reported 582 new deaths and 29,429 more COVID-19 cases during the past 24 hours across the country, taking the number of deaths to 24,309 and total cases to 936,181.

It is the highest single-day spike in the number of fresh cases in the country so far.

SEOUL -- South Korea reported 39 more cases of COVID-19 as of 0:00 a.m. Wednesday local time compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 13,551.

The daily caseload stayed below 40 for two straight days due to the continued small cluster infections and imported cases.

Photo taken on July 3, 2020 shows a beer bar in Yuyuan Garden, east China's Shanghai.(Xinhua/Liu Ying)

SHANGHAI -- Shanghai reported three new imported COVID-19 cases and no increase in domestically transmitted cases on Tuesday, the municipal health commission said Wednesday.

All three confirmed cases are Chinese nationals flying from overseas.

ULAN BATOR -- Mongolia reported 18 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking its total to 261, the country's National Center for Communicable Diseases (NCCD) said Wednesday.

"A total of 408 tests for COVID-19 were conducted at three laboratories across the country yesterday and 18 of them were positive," the NCCD's head Dulmaa Nyamkhuu told a daily press conference.

People wearing face masks ride along a street in Manila, the Philippines on July 10, 2020. (Xinhua/Rouelle Umali)

MANILA -- The Philippine Public Works and Highways Secretary Mark Villar on Wednesday said he had tested positive for COVID-19, becoming the country's third infected cabinet member.

"I regret to announce that today, July 15, I received my test result and it is positive for COVID-19," Villar said on his Facebook page on Wednesday morning.

WUHAN -- No new confirmed, asymptomatic or suspected cases of COVID-19 were reported in central China's Hubei Province on Tuesday, the provincial health commission said Wednesday.

By Tuesday, Hubei had four asymptomatic cases, including two in the provincial capital city of Wuhan. A total of 63 close contacts were still under medical observation.