Live COVID-19 updates: Iran's caseload surpasses 2.5 mln
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BEIJING, May 1 (Xinhua) -- The following are the updates on the global fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.
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TEHRAN -- Iran on Saturday reported 17,080 new COVID-19 cases, taking the country's total infections to 2,516,157.
The pandemic has so far claimed 72,090 lives in Iran, up by 332 in the past 24 hours, Sima Sadat Lari, spokeswoman of the Iranian Ministry of Health and Medical Education, said during her daily briefing on the state of pandemic in the country.
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MOSCOW -- Russia confirmed 9,270 new COVID-19 infections over the past 24 hours, taking the nationwide tally to 4,814,558, the official monitoring and response center said Saturday.
The national COVID-19 death toll rose by 392 to 110,520 in the past day, while the number of recoveries grew by 8,637 to 4,436,583.
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NICOSIA -- Cyprus has received 436,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines as its 14-day cumulative number of cases per 100,000 persons hit a record high of 1,145.6 on Friday.
The batch delivered in Cyprus on Monday consists of the four vaccines that the European Union has authorized for emergeney use, the state-run Cyprus News Agency reported, citing a document from the bloc's Committee of Permanent Representatives.
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MANILA -- The Philippines' Department of Health (DOH) reported on Saturday 9,226 new COVID-19 infections, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the Southeast Asian country to 1,046,653.
The death toll climbed to 17,354 after 120 more patients died from the viral disease, the DOH said.
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BEIJING -- More than 265.06 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines had been administered across China as of Friday, the National Health Commission said Saturday.
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NEW DELHI -- India's COVID-19 tally reached 19,164,969 on Saturday, with a single day spike of 401,993 cases, the health ministry said.
This is the first time when over 400,000 new cases were recorded in India in 24 hours, and a record number of 3,523 deaths since Friday morning took the total death toll to 211,853. Enditem
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