BEIJING, April 10 (Xinhua) -- The following are the updates on the global fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.

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HAVANA -- Cuba reported 1,017 new COVID-19 infections in the last 24 hours, to again surpass 1,000 in one day, as well as five deaths, the Ministry of Public Health said on Friday.

With these figures, the accumulated totals rose to 84,532 cases and 448 deaths, according to the ministry's national director of hygiene and epidemiology Francisco Duran.

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OTTAWA -- Two-thirds of Canadians say they are concerned about becoming sick with COVID-19, a four-point increase from March, according to a survey issued by Canada's Angus Reid Institute on Friday.

Meanwhile, four out of five were worried about a family member or friend. One out of three said their mental health was poor or terrible. The figure rises to half among those who are under 35 years old.

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QUITO -- Ecuador reported on Friday 1,059 new COVID-19 infections and 39 more deaths in one day, bringing the cumulative figures to 342,678 cases and 12,247 deaths, the Ministry of Public Health said.

In its daily report, the ministry also registered four more "probable deaths" from the virus, to a total of 4,911.

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SANTIAGO -- Chilean Health Minister Enrique Paris called for national unity on Friday after 9,171 new COVID-19 cases were registered in the last 24 hours, a record number and the first time the country exceeded 9,000 daily cases.

"We are living through a critical moment of the pandemic. The key word is prevention; I call for national unity," the official said during a brief press conference.

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WARSAW -- The total number of confirmed COVID-19 infections in Poland exceeded 2.5 million on Friday, with the pandemic leaving over 57,000 dead, the country's health ministry reported.

With 28,487 new cases confirmed in a 24-hour span, Health Minister Adam Niedzielski said that the numbers seem to have started falling. He warned, however, that the sharp rise in cases one to two weeks earlier will now have its effect on hospital occupancy.

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TUNIS -- Tunisian Health Ministry on Friday reported 2,010 new COVID-19 cases, raising the total number of infections in the country to 268,837.

The death toll from the virus rose by 43 to 9,179, the ministry said in a statement.

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ANKARA -- Turkey on Friday confirmed 55,791 new COVID-19 cases, including 2,408 symptomatic patients, as the total number of positive cases in the country reached 3,745,657, according to its health ministry.

The death toll from the virus in Turkey rose by 253 to 33,454, while the total recoveries climbed to 3,268,678 after 35,786 more cases recovered in the last 24 hours.

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NEW YORK -- The COVID-19 hospitalizations in New York State dropped to 4,351 on Thursday, compared with 4,422 one day earlier, tweeted Governor Andrew Cuomo on Friday.

Meanwhile, the single-day COVID-19 test positivity rate went down to 2.96 percent on Thursday from 3.18 percent on Wednesday, he said, adding that there were 56 COVID-19 deaths in the state on Thursday, compared with 47 one day earlier.

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RABAT -- Morocco's COVID-19 tally rose to 500,948 on Friday as 625 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours.

According to a statement by the Ministry of Health, the death toll rose to 8,885 with 12 new fatalities, while 442 people are in intensive care units.

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MOSCOW -- Russia has confirmed 9,150 new coronavirus infections over the past 24 hours, taking the nationwide tally to 4,623,984, the official monitoring and response center said Friday.

The national COVID-19 death toll rose by 402 to 102,247 in the past day, while the number of recoveries grew by 9,662 to 4,248,700. Enditem

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