BEIJING, July 23 (Xinhua) -- The following are the updates on the global fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.

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SEOUL -- South Korea reported 59 more cases of the COVID-19 as of 0:00 a.m. Thursday local time compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 13,938.

The daily caseload stayed around 60 for two straight days due to the continued small cluster infections and imported cases.

The small cluster infections were still found from a real estate company and a church in Seoul and an army unit in Gyeonggi province.

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ACCRA -- Ghana confirmed 683 more COVID-19 infections on Wednesday, bringing the nationwide count to 29,672, according to the country's health officials.

Meanwhile, 759 patients were discharged from hospital over the past 24 hours, taking the tally to 26,090.

The COVID-19 death toll in the West African country stood at 153.

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RIO DE JANEIRO -- Brazil on Wednesday saw a record 67,860 new cases of COVID-19 in the past day, bringing its total caseload to 2,227,514.

According to the Health Ministry, the new one-day record by far eclipsed the previous one set on June 16 of 45,241 new cases.

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CAIRO -- Egypt reported on Wednesday 41 deaths from COVID-19, the lowest in nearly six weeks, bringing the death toll to 4,440, said the Health Ministry.

Meanwhile, 667 new COVID-19 infections were confirmed, raising the total number registered in the country to 89,745, Health Ministry spokesman Khaled Megahed said in a statement.

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BEIJING -- Chinese health authority said Thursday that it received reports of 22 new confirmed COVID-19 cases on the Chinese mainland, 19 of which were domestically transmitted.

Of the domestically transmitted cases, 18 were reported in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and one was in Liaoning Province, the National Health Commission said in its daily report.

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RAMALLAH -- Palestine on Wednesday recorded 356 new COVID-19 cases in the West Bank, raising the total number in the Palestinian territories to 11,280 since March 5.

The total number included 68 deaths and 2,124 recoveries, while the 9,088 active cases are receiving medical care in hospitals and home quarantine, the Palestinian health ministry said in an emailed press statement.

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NEW YORK -- Global confirmed COVID-19 cases topped 15 million on Wednesday, reaching 15,008,046 as of 12:35 p.m. (1635 GMT), according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University.

A total of 617,902 people worldwide have died of the disease, the data showed. Enditem

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