BEIJING, Sept. 6 (Xinhua) -- The following are the updates on the global fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.

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DOHA -- The Qatari health ministry on Saturday announced 227 new COVID-19 infections, raising the total number of confirmed cases in the Gulf state to 119,864, the official Qatar News Agency (QNA) reported.

Meanwhile, 242 more recovered from the virus, bringing the total recoveries to 116,780, while only one death was reported, raising the fatalities to 202, according to a ministry statement quoted by QNA.

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YANGON -- Myanmar recorded 37 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday night, bringing the number of total cases in the country to 1,253, said a release from the Health and Sports Ministry.

Of the 1,619 samples, 37 more people including a returnee tested positive in Yangon, Mandalay, Ayeyarwaddy, Rakhine, Shan and Nay Pyi Taw, respectively.

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SINGAPORE -- Singapore's Ministry of Health (MOH) reported 34 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, bringing the total confirmed cases in the country to 56,982.

Of the new cases, two are imported cases, three are community cases and the rest are linked with the dormitories of foreign workers.

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QUITO -- The Ecuadoran Ministry of Health announced on Saturday that 870 new cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and 50 more deaths were registered in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of cases to 118,045, with 6,724 deaths.

The ministry also stated that another 3,752 deaths were likely caused by COVID-19, but these have yet to be confirmed.

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ANKARA -- Turkey confirmed 1,673 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, raising the total diagnosed patients to 278,228, the Turkish Health Ministry announced.

Meanwhile, 56 people died in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 6,620, according to the data shared by the ministry.

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LOS ANGELES -- U.S. state California's Los Angeles County reported its 6,000th COVID-19-related death Saturday while health officials warned that the pandemic is far from over.

According to the latest data released by the county's Public Health Department, 1,196 new cases of COVID-19 and 24 more deaths were confirmed Saturday, bringing the county's totals to 247,542 cases and exactly 6,000 fatalities. Enditem

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