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Russia reported 9,200 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, taking the total number of infections to 2,72,043, the third-highest in the world, the country's coronavirus response centre said on Saturday. The death toll grew by 119 to 2,537, while 63,166 people have now recovered, including 4,940 over the last 24 hours. Moscow, the country's worst-hit region, confirmed 3,505 new cases in the past 24 hours, taking its total to 1,38,969.

Hyderabad:The coronavirus pandemic has infected more than 47,20,196 and killed over 3,13,220 people across the world. More than 18,11,674 people have recovered so far.

The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death.

China on Sunday reported five new cases of coronavirus out of which two were imported and three were domestic infections in the northeastern province of Jilin that have seen a small spike in cases of unknown origin.

Global COVID-19 tracker

No new deaths have been reported for the past month, but Jilin added one fatality retroactively, bringing China’s total to 4,634 out of 82,947 cases reported since the outbreak was first detected in the central city of Wuhan late last year. Just 86 people remain hospitalized for treatment of COVID-19 while another 519 people are in supervised isolation for showing signs of the virus or having tested positive without displaying symptoms.

South Korea has reported 13 new cases of the coronavirus over 24 hours, raising hopes that a new outbreak linked to nightclubs in Seoul may be waning.

The additional figures released Sunday by the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention brought the national tally to 11,050 with 262 deaths.

The agency says 9,888 of them have recovered and that 17,660 were under tests to determine whether they’ve contracted the virus.