BEIJING, Sept. 12 (Xinhua) -- The following are the updates on the global fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.

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DHAKA -- Bangladesh reported 1,282 new COVID-19 cases and 34 new deaths on Saturday, making the tally at 336,044 and death toll at 4,702, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said.

The official data showed that 10,723 samples were tested in the last 24 hours across Bangladesh.

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KUALA LUMPUR -- Malaysia reported 58 new COVID-19 cases, the Health Ministry said on Saturday, bringing the national total to 9,868.

Health Ministry Director-General Noor Hisham Abdullah said in a press statement that five of the new cases are imported and 53 are local transmissions.

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BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN -- Brunei reported no new case of COVID-19 on Saturday with the national tally of cases standing at 145.

It marked the 9th consecutive day without new cases since Sept. 3.

According to Brunei's Ministry of Health, two recoveries were recorded, bringing the total number of recovered cases to 141. There is still one active case being treated at the National Isolation Center.

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PRETORIA -- The Chinese embassy in South Africa donated one million rand (59,700 U.S. dollars) plus 50,000 surgical masks and 400 forehead thermometers on Friday to help the country to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic.

The donation was handed over by Li Nan, Charge d'Affaires of the Chinese embassy and received by the Minister of Basic Education Angie Motshekga.

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MOSCOW -- Russia registered 5,488 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, taking its total to 1,057,362, the country's COVID-19 response center said in a statement Saturday.

Meanwhile, 119 new deaths were reported, taking the death toll to 18,484.

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YANGON -- One more COVID-19 patient was pronounced dead, bringing Myanmar's death toll to 15 in total so far, according to a release from the Health and Sports Ministry on Saturday.

A 32-year-old female who recently tested for COVID-19 died of acute respiratory failure due to severe pneumonia and kidney failure due to the underlying Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) disease on Friday evening, the release said.

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QUITO -- Authorities from the city of Guaranda, Ecuador, and the city of Weifang in China's Shandong province have agreed to be united in the battle against COVID-19, the Ecuadoran city's government reported on Friday.

Guaranda Mayor Medardo Chimbolema and Weifang Mayor Tian Qingying signed a Letter of Intent for Twinning and Friendly Cooperation during a videoconference in which they also shared experience in the fight against the virus. Enditem

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