Xinhua
03 May 2021, 17:19 GMT+10
MOSCOW -- Russia registered 8,489 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide tally to 4,831,744, the country's COVID-19 response center said in a statement Monday.
Meanwhile, another 336 deaths were reported, taking the country's death toll to 111,198.
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MANILA -- The Philippines' Department of Health (DOH) reported on Monday 7,255 new COVID-19 infections, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the Southeast Asian country to 1,062,225.
The death toll climbed to 17,525 after 94 more patients died from the viral disease, the DOH said.
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HONG KONG -- Hong Kong's economy surged by 7.8 percent year on year in the first three months of this year, bringing an end to prolonged contraction since the third quarter of 2019.
The stellar figure, rebounding from a 2.8-percent decline seen in October-December period last year, was mainly powered by fast-recovering exports and the low base of comparison a year ago, the Census and Statistics Department said Monday in a statement.
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BEIJING -- More than 275.34 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines had been administered across China as of Sunday, the National Health Commission said Monday.
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