Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, March 22

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GENEVA -- The pandemic of COVID-19 has killed 11,184 people worldwide as of midnight Friday, an increase of 1,344 deaths compared with the previous day, according to the daily situation report released by the World Health Organization (WHO) on late Saturday.

A total of 32,000 new infections were reported in the past 24 hours as of 23:59 CET Friday, bringing the global cumulative number of confirmed cases to 266,073. (WHO-COVID-19)

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NEW YORK -- The number of COVID-19 cases worldwide topped 300,000 as of 18:00 U.S. Eastern Time on Saturday (2200 GMT), according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University.

The fresh figure reached 303,180 cases with 12,950 deaths, the CSSE said. (Global-COVID-19-Update)

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YAOUNDE -- At least 20 armed separatists were killed and many wounded in a recent military offensive by the Cameroon army in Ngoketunjia, a division in the restive English-speaking region of Northwest, a senior army official said on Saturday.

Brigadier General Valere Nka, commander of the 5th Joint Military Region with command post in Bamenda, chief town of Northwest, told reporters in Bamenda that a separatist commander called "general action man" was among those killed. (Cameroon-Separatists)

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COLOMBO -- One prisoner died while four other prisoners sustained injuries when a tense situation broke out at the Anuradhapura Prison in north central Sri Lanka on Saturday, police said.

The police said that following a violent protest by prisoners who demanded to leave the prison premises amid the COVID-19 threat, a team from the special task force and the military rushed in to calm the situation which led to the police opening fire to prevent the prisoners from breaking out. (Sri Lanka-Prison-Protest) Enditem

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