Live COVID-19 updates: Chile reports 6,638 new cases of COVID-19

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BEIJING, April 26 (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 6,638 new cases of the COVID-19 on Sunday with 114 deaths.

According to the ministry, cases have risen to 1,169,536 and the death toll has risen to 25,856.

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QUITO -- The Ecuadoran Ministry of Health reported 608 new cases and 13 more deaths of COVID-19 on Sunday, bringing the total number of cases to 373,362 and deaths to 13,098.

The provinces of Pichincha and Guayas continue to be the most affected, in particular the cities of Guayaquil and Quito, the capital of Ecuador.

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HAVANA -- Cuba once again reported more than 1,000 new cases of COVID-19, with 1,185 infections registered as well as 10 deaths, the Ministry of Public Health reported on Sunday.

With these figures, the number of cases has risen to 101,503 and the death toll to 591.

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TUNIS -- Tunisian Health Ministry on Sunday reported 1,770 new COVID-19 cases, raising the total number of infections in the country to 300,342.

The death toll from the virus rose by 73 to 10,304 in Tunisia, the ministry said in a statement.

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BAGHDAD -- The Iraqi Ministry of Health reported on Sunday 6,034 new coronavirus cases, raising the total nationwide number to 1,031,322, a day after a huge fire killed dozens in a hospital treating coronavirus patients in the capital Baghdad.

A statement by the ministry also reported 40 new COVID-19 deaths, raising the death toll from the infectious virus to 15,257, while the total recoveries in Iraq climbed by 7,335 to 905,301.

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DOHA -- The Qatari health ministry on Sunday announced 705 new COVID-19 infections, raising the total number of confirmed cases in the Gulf state to 202,201, the official Qatar News Agency (QNA) reported.

Meanwhile, 1,548 more recovered from the virus, bringing the overall recoveries to 181,522, while the fatalities increased by 10 to 428, according to a ministry statement quoted by QNA. Enditem

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