Live COVID-19 updates: Cuba registers highest number of daily COVID-19 deaths
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BEIJING, April 18 (Xinhua) -- The following are the updates on the global fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.
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SANTIAGO -- Chile's Ministry of Health reported on Saturday 7,696 new cases of COVID-19 and 132 more deaths amid a rise in contagion in the South American country.
According to the ministry, the total number of cases has reached 1,117,348, with 45,965 currently in the active stage of the disease, while the country's death toll has risen to 25,055.
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HAVANA -- Cuba registered 1,026 cases and 12 deaths from COVID-19, the highest daily death toll since the disease appeared in the country last year, the Ministry of Public Health reported on Saturday.
According to the ministry, the total number of cases has reached 92,474 while the death toll has climbed to 512.
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TUNIS -- Tunisian Health Ministry on Saturday reported 2,199 new COVID-19 cases, raising the total number of infections in the country to 283,976.
The death toll from the virus rose by 78 to 9,717 in Tunisia, the ministry said in a statement.
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JERUSALEM -- Israel's Ministry of Health reported 142 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, raising the total number in the country to 836,882.
The death toll from the virus rose by 16 to 6,331, while the number of patients in serious conditions increased from 201 to 202, out of 334 hospitalized patients.
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BAGHDAD -- The Iraqi Ministry of Health reported on Saturday 6,552 new coronavirus cases, raising the total nationwide infections to 970,987.
It also reported 33 new deaths, raising the death toll from the infectious virus to 14,948, while the total recoveries in Iraq climbed by 5,867 to 849,718.
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RABAT -- Morocco's COVID-19 tally rose to 505,447 on Saturday as 600 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours.
The death toll hit 8,944 with 10 new fatalities, while 432 people are in intensive care units, according to a statement by the Ministry of Health.
The total number of recoveries from COVID-19 in Morocco increased to 491,537 after 616 new ones were added, the statement said. Enditem
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