Live COVID-19 updates: Thailand reports 315 new COVID-19 cases

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BEIJING, Jan. 3 (Xinhua) -- The following are the updates on the global fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.

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BANGKOK -- Thailand on Sunday confirmed 315 new cases of COVID-19, mostly domestic infections, according to the Center for the COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA).

The new cases included 294 local infections while 21 others were those in quarantine upon arrival from abroad, CCSA spokesman Taweesin Visanuyothin told a daily news briefing.

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DHAKA -- Bangladesh reported 835 new COVID-19 cases and 27 new deaths on Sunday, making the tally at 516,019 and death toll at 7,626, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said.

The official data showed that 10,925 samples were tested in the last 24 hours across Bangladesh.

The total number of recovered patients in the country stood at 460,598 including 978 new recoveries on Sunday, said the DGHS.

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MINSK -- Belarus reported 1,837 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, taking its total to 199,962, according to the country's health ministry.

There have been 1,521 new recoveries in the past day, bringing the total number to 182,630, the ministry said.

So far, 1,451 people have died of the disease in the country, including nine over the last 24 hours, it added.

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TEHRAN -- Iran's Health Ministry reported 5,960 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, raising the total nationwide number to 1,243,434.

The pandemic has so far claimed 55,540 lives in Iran, up by 102 in the past 24 hours, said Sima Sadat Lari, spokeswoman for the Iranian Ministry of Health and Medical Education, during her daily briefing.

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KUALA LUMPUR -- Malaysia reported 1,704 new COVID-19 infections, the health ministry said on Sunday, bringing the national total to 119,077.

Health Ministry Director-General Noor Hisham Abdullah said in a press statement that five of the new cases are imported and 1,699 are local transmissions. Enditem

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