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

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MANILA -- The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the Philippines surged to 342,816 after the Philippines' Department of Health reported 3,564 new daily cases on Monday, the highest in more than 20 days.

The Philippines earlier reported the biggest daily increase of 3,962 cases on Sept. 19.

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TEHRAN -- Iran reported on Monday 272 deaths related to COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, making the highest daily death toll from coronavirus in the country.

Sima Sadat Lari, spokeswoman for the Iranian Ministry of Health and Medical Education, said at her daily briefing 504,281 COVID-19 cases have been confirmed so far in Iran, after the registration of 4,206 infections in the past 24 hours, official news agency IRNA reported.

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KUWAIT CITY -- Kuwait on Monday reported 777 new COVID-19 cases and six more deaths, raising the tally of infections to 111,893 and the death toll to 664 in the country, the Health Ministry said in a statement.

Currently, 7,427 patients are receiving treatment, including 139 in ICU, according to the statement.

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MALE -- The COVID-19 death toll in the Maldives has hit 35 on Monday as total confirmed infections have risen to 10,894, local media reported here Monday.

A 56-year-old Maldivian woman died while receiving treatment for COVID-19 in hospital on Sunday, according to the Health Protection Agency.

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PARIS -- The French government would envisage all options, including local confinement to slow down the rapid circulation of the coronavirus and avoid strain in health institutions, French Prime Minister Jean Castex said on Monday.

"We are in a strong second wave. To face this second wave, there can no longer be any relaxation," Castex told state-run France Info in an interview.

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MUSCAT -- The Omani Health Ministry on Monday announced 685 new COVID-19 infections, raising the total number of confirmed cases in the Sultanate to 106,575, the official Oman News Agency (ONA) reported.

Meanwhile, 382 people recovered during the past 24 hours, taking the overall number of recoveries to 93,222, while eight more patients died, raising the death toll to 1,046, said a ministry statement quoted by ONA.

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BEIJING -- China's National Health Commission on Monday sent a working group to Qingdao City in east China's Shandong Province to guide COVID-19 epidemic control.

Qingdao has reported six new confirmed cases and the same number of new asymptomatic cases of COVID-19 since fresh infections emerged in the city over the weekend, the municipal health commission said early on Monday. Enditem

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