BEIJING, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- The following are the updates on the global fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.

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ADDIS ABABA -- Ethiopian Federal Ministry of Health on Tuesday reported 665 new COVID-19 cases over the last 24 hours, taking the national tally to 148,490.

The country's COVID-19 death toll stood at 2,223 after recording 14 new fatalities, the ministry said.

With 199 more recoveries registered, the nationwide count amounted to 129,145, it added.

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SAO PAULO -- Brazil's COVID-19 death toll surpassed 240,000 on Tuesday, a day usually marked by boisterous Carnival celebrations that were canceled this year due to the novel coronavirus pandemic.

The country registered 1,167 COVID-19 deaths and 55,271 new cases in the last 24 hours, raising the death toll to 240,940 and the total caseload to 9,921,981, the Ministry of Health said.

Southeast Sao Paulo state is the hardest hit by the pandemic, with 56,702 deaths and 1,927,410 cases.

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BEIJING -- The Chinese mainland reported seven new imported COVID-19 cases Tuesday, bringing the total number of imported cases to 4,892, the National Health Commission said in its daily report Wednesday.

Six imported cases were reported in the province of Guangdong and one in Sichuan, said the commission.

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BUENOS AIRES -- Argentina on Tuesday reported 4,003 new COVID-19 cases and 106 deaths in the past 24 hours, raising the total caseload to 2,033,060 and the death toll to 50,432, the health authorities said.

Since the first case was detected on March 3, 2020, some 1,838,291 people infected with the virus have recovered, the health ministry said. Enditem

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