BEIJING, Dec. 13 (Xinhua) -- The following are the updates on the global fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.

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MEXICO CITY -- Mexico reported on Saturday 12,057 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the national total to 1,241,436, according to its health ministry.

Meanwhile, the country's death toll from the virus increased by 685 to 113,704.

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OTTAWA -- Canada has confirmed a total of 453,257 COVID-19 cases and 13,337 deaths as of Saturday afternoon, according to the Canadian television network CTV.

The Public Health Agency of Canada said on Saturday that the country's daily average over the past seven days has reached 6,543.

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HARBIN -- Northeast China's Heilongjiang Province reported five new confirmed COVID-19 cases on Saturday, according to the provincial health commission.

Three of the cases were reported in Suifenhe City. The patients are close contacts of a previously reported asymptomatic carrier.

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SEOUL -- South Korea reported 1,030 more daily cases of COVID-19 as of midnight Saturday, raising the total number of infections to 42,766.

It was the highest daily caseload since the first confirmed case was reported here on Jan. 20, topping 1,000 for the first time.

The daily number of infections grew in triple digits for 36 days since Nov. 8 due to small cluster infections in Seoul and its surrounding Gyeonggi province as well as imported cases.

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RIO DE JANEIRO -- Brazil's COVID-19 death toll rose to 181,123 on Saturday after 686 more deaths were reported in the last 24 hours, the Brazilian Ministry of Health said.

According to the ministry, tests also detected 43,900 new cases in the past day, raising the national count to 6,880,127.

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LISBON -- Portugal reported on Sunday 4,413 new coronavirus cases over the past 24 hours, bringing the national tally to 344,700, the country's health ministry reported.

Meanwhile, 88 more COVID-19 deaths were recorded, taking the country's death toll to 5,461, it said.

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BUENOS AIRES -- Argentina on Saturday reported 5,274 new COVID-19 cases, bringing its national tally to 1,494,602, said the Ministry of Health.

The ministry also said that 62 more patients have died of the disease, raising the nationwide death toll to 40,668.

A total of 1,330,160 patients have recovered, while 123,774 cases remain active, it added. Enditem

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