BEIJING, July 10 (Xinhua) -- The following are the updates on the global fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.

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MANILA -- The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Friday said it has disbursed 20 million U.S. dollars, comprising a 10-million-dollar grant and a 10-million-dollar concessional loan, to help the Solomon Islands fight the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Manila-based bank said the loan and grant, which were handed out on Thursday, will be used to train nurses and doctors in the Solomon Islands to fight COVID-19 and obtain personal protective equipment for medical staff.

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SUVA -- Fiji reported on Friday five new COVID-19 cases, bringing the number of active cases to eight in the island nation since July 6.

Fiji's Acting Permanent Secretary for the Health Ministry James Fong said the new cases are a 44-year-old man, a 21-year-old man, a 47-year-old man, a 51-year-old man and a 38-year-old woman. One of them is the husband of a previously confirmed patient who was tested positive on Tuesday.

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NEW DELHI -- India's federal health ministry Friday morning reported 475 new deaths from COVID-19 and 26,506 new cases during the past 24 hours across the country, taking the number of deaths to 21,604 and the total infections to 793,802.

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

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RIO DE JANEIRO -- The death toll from COVID-19 in Brazil has reached 69,184, with 1,220 deaths registered in the last 24 hours, the Ministry of Health reported on Thursday.

The number of total confirmed cases of the disease in the country has reached 1,755,779, with 42,169 new cases registered over the last 24-hour period.

This is the third consecutive day when Brazil reported more than 1,200 deaths and 40,000 new cases of the virus.

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LOS ANGELES -- The death toll from the novel coronavirus in the U.S. state of Arizona has topped 2,000 as new highs for hospitalizations were reported on Thursday.

Arizona Department of Health Services reported 75 more deaths on Thursday, bringing the state's total deaths to 2,038.

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ISLAMABAD -- Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has inaugurated the China-aided Isolation Hospital and Infections Treatment Center (IHITC) to enhance the country's capability to fight COVID-19 and ease pressure on hospitals in capital Islamabad.

Pakistani Chief of Army Staff Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa, Information Minister Shibli Faraz, Chairman of CPEC (China-Pakistan Economic Corridor) Authority Asim Saleem Bajwa, and Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan Yao Jing attended the inauguration ceremony.

On the occasion, the Pakistani side thanked China for the firm support to Pakistan in the fight against the pandemic. The Chinese government and the Chinese people have been helping Pakistan prevent and control COVID-19, providing a large amount of medical supplies, sending medical expert teams and aiding Pakistan with the building of the IHITC, the Pakistani side said. Enditem

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