Live COVID-19 updates: Kuwait reports 626 new cases, 66,529 in total
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BEIJING, July 30 (Xinhua) -- The following are the updates on the global fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.
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KUWAIT CITY -- Kuwait on Thursday reported 626 new COVID-19 cases and one more death, raising the tally of infections to 66,529 and the death toll to 445, the Health Ministry said in a statement.
Currently, 8,754 patients are receiving treatment, including 134 in ICU, the statement added.
The ministry also announced the recovery of 863 more patients, raising the total recoveries in the country to 57,330.
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BEIJING -- Beijing has been inspecting storehouses of refrigerated meat and aquatic products as part of its efforts to guard against COVID-19 "importation" through cold-chain foods.
At a press conference on COVID-19 prevention and control on Thursday, the city's market regulation administration said authorities had inspected 4,719 such storehouses. Seafood products from three companies were removed from the shelves during the inspection.
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WARSAW -- The Polish Health Ministry announced on Thursday that 615 COVID-19 cases were confirmed over the past 24 hours, which is a new daily record in the country since the start of the pandemic.
The country officially had a total of 45,013 confirmed cases, with 1,709 deaths since March, when the first patient was diagnosed.
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TOKYO -- The Tokyo metropolitan government on Thursday confirmed a fresh single-day record of 367 new cases of the novel coronavirus with certain businesses being asked to shorten their operating hours in a bid to curb the further spread of the virus.
Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike told a press briefing on the matter that the situation was extremely severe and preventative moves by the Tokyo government needed to be made.
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HANOI -- Vietnam reported five new COVID-19 cases in the community on Thursday afternoon, bringing its total confirmed cases to 464, according to its Ministry of Health.
The latest cases, aged between 45 and 69, are residents of Vietnam's central Quang Nam province, including patients and relatives visiting or taking care of patients of Da Nang Hospital in the central city of Da Nang, according to the ministry.
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WASHINGTON -- The U.S. economy contracted at an annual rate of 32.9 percent in the second quarter amid mounting COVID-19 fallout, the U.S. Commerce Department reported Thursday. Enditem
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