Live COVID-19 updates: Iran records 5,945 new COVID-19 cases

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

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TEHRAN -- Iranian authorities announced on Sunday 5,945 new COVID-19 confirmed cases, taking the tally to 1,372,977 in the country, the official website of Iran's Ministry of Health and Medical Education said.

Of the newly infected in the past 24 hours, 437 had to be hospitalized, spokeswoman for the ministry Sima Sadat Lari said at her daily briefing.

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DOHA -- The Qatari health ministry on Sunday announced 247 new COVID-19 infections, raising the total number of confirmed cases in the Gulf state to 149,019, the official Qatar News Agency (QNA) reported.

Meanwhile, 118 more recovered from the virus, bringing the overall recoveries to 144,858, while the fatalities remained 248, according to a ministry statement quoted by QNA.

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SINGAPORE -- Singapore's Ministry of Health reported 48 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, bringing the total confirmed cases in the country to 59,308.

All of the new cases are imported cases.

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MINSK -- Belarus reported 1,752 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, taking its total to 237,611, according to the country's health ministry.

There have been 2,641 new recoveries in the past 24 hours, bringing the total to 223,553, the ministry added.

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LUSAKA -- The African Union (AU) has allocated Zambia 8.7 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines under an initiative the African body was pioneering, a government official said on Sunday.

Zambia's Ambassador to Ethiopia and Permanent Representative to the AU Emmanuel Mwamba said the country's allocation may rise to 25 million doses by December 2021.

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TOKYO -- The Tokyo metropolitan government reported 986 new infections in the capital on Sunday, marking the first time the daily tally has dropped below 1,000 in 12 days and bringing the cumulative total to 93,890.

The number of patients in Tokyo designated as being in a "serious condition" is 156, the metropolitan government said.

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GUANGZHOU -- South China's Guangdong Province is targeting economic growth of more than 6 percent this year, Governor Ma Xingrui said Sunday.

Guangdong, a manufacturing heartland and leading foreign trade player in the country, has been successful in resuming production and business after the COVID-19 outbreak, according to the report. Enditem

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