BEIJING, June 4 (Xinhua) -- The following are the updates on the global fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.

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GENEVA -- World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Wednesday said that his organization is especially worried about Central and South America, where many countries are witnessing accelerating epidemics.

He said during a virtual press conference that more than 100,000 cases of COVID-19 have been reported to WHO for each of the past five days, and the Americas continues to account for the most cases.

"For several weeks, the number of cases reported each day in the Americas has been more than the rest of the world put together," he said.

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PARIS -- France on Wednesday reported 81 new COVID-19 deaths, a slower increase over the 107 fatalities registered a day earlier, bringing the country's toll from the coronavirus-caused disease to 29,021 since March 1.

The Health Ministry said in a statement that more than a third of the fatalities (10,350) occurred in retirement homes.

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CAIRO -- Egypt witnessed on Wednesday the lowest new daily COVID-19 infections in a week with 1,079 cases reported, bringing the total infections in the country to 28,615, said the Egyptian Health Ministry.

Meanwhile, 36 patients died from the novel coronavirus on Wednesday, bringing the death toll to 1,088, Egyptian Health Ministry spokesman Khaled Megahed said in a statement.

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MADRID --The Spanish Congress (lower chamber of Parliament) approved on Wednesday the sixth and final extension of the State of Alarm in the country.

The extension of the emergency measures, which have been in place in Spain since March 15 to combat the coronavirus, was approved with 177 votes in favor, 155 against and 18 abstentions.

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WUHAN -- A liaison group of the State Council on Wednesday asked virus-hit Wuhan city to do its utmost in regular epidemic prevention and control work and to boost the care provided to cured COVID-19 patients.

Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei Province, should not relax nucleic acid testing for key populations, and should strengthen the scientific and targeted management of asymptomatic cases, according to the liaison group of the State Council joint prevention and control mechanism against COVID-19.

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MUSCAT -- The Omani Ministry of Health announced on Wednesday 738 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of cases in the country to 13,538.

According to a statement issued by the ministry, all new cases, including 324 Omanis, are related to community contact.

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LONDON -- Another 359 COVID-19 patients have died in Britain as of Tuesday afternoon, bringing the total coronavirus-related death toll in the country to 39,728, the Department of Health and Social Care said Wednesday.

The figures include deaths in all settings, including hospitals, care homes and the wider community. Enditem

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