BEIJING, Sept. 5 (Xinhua) -- The following are the updates on the global fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.

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MINSK -- Belarus reported 178 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, taking its total to 72,663, according to the country's health ministry.

There have been 333 new recoveries in the past 24 hours, bringing the total to 71,843, the ministry added.

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KUALA LUMPUR -- Malaysia reported six new COVID-19 infections, the Health Ministry said on Saturday, bringing the national total to 9,391.

Health Ministry Director-General Noor Hisham Abdullah said in a press statement that four of the new cases are imported and two are local transmissions.

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TBILISI -- Georgia confirmed 25 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, bringing its total to 1,621.

Three of the 25 new cases were imported, the country's National Center for Disease Control and Public Health said.

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MANILA -- The number of confirmed coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in the Philippines surged to 234,570 after the Department of Health (DOH) of the Philippines reported 2,529 new daily cases on Saturday.

The DOH said that the number of recoveries surged to 161,668 after 1,136 more patients recovered. Meanwhile, 53 more patients died from the viral disease, bringing the death toll to 3,790.

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MOSCOW -- Russia registered 5,205 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, bringing its caseload to 1,020,310, the country's COVID-19 response center said Saturday.

Meanwhile, 110 new deaths were reported, bringing the death toll to 17,759, the center said in a statement. Enditem

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