Xinhua Asia-Pacific news summary at 1600 GMT, Sept. 26

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YANGON -- The number of COVID-19 infection cases in Myanmar reached 9,991 on Saturday night, said a release from the Health and Sports Ministry.

According to the release, Myanmar reported 880 new confirmed cases and 24 more deaths on Saturday night.(Myanmar-COVID-19)

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HONG KONG -- Six thousand boxes of mooncakes sold in 30 seconds, 20,000 cases of beauty masks snapped up in several minutes... the first sales promotion via livestreaming for products made in Hong Kong launched Friday night yielded substantial results.

The new sales mode can not only help Hong Kong's small and medium-sized enterprises cope with the epidemic crisis, but also explore a new path for the transformation and development of Hong Kong's traditional industries, said Jiang Zaizhong, chairman of Hong Kong Ta Kung Wen Wei Media Group, organizer of the event.(Hong Kong-Mainland-Sales promotion)

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JAKARTA -- The COVID-19 cases in Indonesia rose by 4,494 within one day to 271,339, with the death toll adding by 90 to 10,308, the Health Ministry said on Saturday.

According to the ministry, 3,207 more people were discharged from hospitals, bringing the total number of recovered patients to 199,403.(Indonesia-COVID-19)

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DHAKA -- Bangladesh recorded 1,106 new confirmed COVID-19 cases and 36 more deaths from the coronavirus pandemic on Saturday, bringing the total tally to 357,873 with 5,129 deaths, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said.

The total number of recovered patients in the country rose to 268,777, including 1,753 new recoveries on Saturday, said the DGHS.(Bangladesh-COVID-19)

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HONG KONG -- Hong Kong's Center for Health Protection reported no new local COVID-19 infections on Saturday, marking the second zero daily increase since the third wave of the epidemic started in early July.

One imported case was reported though, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 5,059.(Hong Kong-COVID-19)

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NEW DELHI -- The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in India Saturday morning rose to 5,903,932, India's federal health ministry said.

During the past 24 hours, 85,362 new cases were reported from across the country. Besides this, 1,089 deaths were also recorded. (India-COVID-19) Enditem

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