Live COVID-19 updates: Iran reports 3,521 new COVID-19 cases, 436,319 in total

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BEIJING, Sept. 24 (Xinhua) -- The following are the updates on the global fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.

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TEHRAN -- The number of COVID-19 cases confirmed in Iran reached on Thursday 436,319, after an overnight registration of 3,521, according to the Iranian Ministry of Health and Medical Education.

Sima Sadat Lari, spokeswoman for the ministry, said at her daily briefing that 1,569 of the newly infected patients needed hospitalization.

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TOKYO -- Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Thursday told United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres that Japan will continue to cooperate with the UN and the international community to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.

In a 20-minute teleconference, Guterres said he appreciated Japan's commitment and resolve as part of the international community's efforts in fighting the global pandemic, foreign ministry officials here said.

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HONG KONG -- Hong Kong's Center for Health Protection reported seven additional confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, taking the total confirmed cases to 5,056.

The newly-reported cases include four imported cases and the remaining three are epidemiologically linked with local cases.

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DHAKA -- Bangladesh reported 1,540 new COVID-19 cases and 28 new deaths on Thursday, making the tally at 355,384 and death toll at 5,072, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said.

The official data showed that 12,900 samples were tested in the last 24 hours across Bangladesh.

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VILNIUS -- Lithuania reported 138 COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, bringing the total number of cases to 4,070, including 89 deaths and 2,253 recoveries, the country's health ministry said Thursday.

Among the new cases, 113 became infected after contact with current patients, while sources of infection of 24 others are unknown. One imported case from Austria was registered in Vilnius county during the previous day.

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WINDHOEK -- Donations of medical supplies from China to Namibia against the COVID-19 pandemic are now roughly worth 50 million Namibian dollars (2.9 million U.S. dollars), Chinese Ambassador to Namibia Zhang Yiming said.

Speaking at a press conference on Thursday, Zhang made another donation of 50,000 masks to the Khomas region in central Namibia.

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MOSCOW -- Russia registered 6,595 COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, taking its national total to 1,128,836, the country's COVID-19 response center said in a statement Thursday.

Meanwhile, 149 new deaths were reported, taking the death toll to 19,948. Enditem

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