People wearing face masks walk on the street in Tokyo, Japan, July 3, 2020. (Xinhua/Du Xiaoyi)
-Japan: Tokyo's new cases surge to 224, highest level since virus outbreak
-Russian: cases up 6,509 to 707,301
-U.S.: testing rate fails to catch up with soaring daily surge in cases
-India: death toll rises to 21,129, total cases close to 770,000
BEIJING, July 9 (Xinhua) -- The following are the updates on the global fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.
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TOKYO -- The number of new COVID-19 cases confirmed in Tokyo on Thursday surged to a record high of 224, the highest since the outbreak of the virus hit the capital, officials said.
The number eclipses the previous record of 206 cases confirmed in Tokyo, a city of 14 million, on April 17.
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A student gets body temperature measured when returning for classes at Seryun Elementary School in Seoul, South Korea, May 27, 2020. (Photo by Lee Sang-ho/Xinhua)
SEOUL -- South Korea reported 50 more cases of the COVID-19 as of 0:00 a.m. Thursday local time compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 13,293.
The daily caseload moved between 40 and 70 for the past week due to the continued small cluster infections and imported cases.
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MOSCOW -- Russia registered 6,509 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking its total to 707,301, the country's coronavirus response center said in a statement Thursday.
The country's death toll has risen by 176 to 10,843, while 481,316 people have recovered, including 8,805 over the last 24 hours, according to the statement.
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A marble lion is seen with a face mask in front of the New York Public Library on the Fifth Avenue in New York, the United States, July 8, 2020. (Xinhua/Wang Ying)
NEW YORK -- With the testing rate failing to catch up with the soaring daily surge in COVID-19 cases in the United States, the country worst-hit by the coronavirus worldwide "still doesn't have a handle on testing," Politico reported Sunday.
In the past week, more than 4 million tests have been conducted in the United States, which has a population of over 328 million. Yet skyrocketing increases in new infections succeeded in stealing attention from the surge in tests.
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BISHKEK -- Kyrgyzstan added 361 confirmed COVID-19 cases Thursday, taking its total to 8,847.
Among the newly infected, 83 are medical workers, taking the total number of infected medical workers to 1,370, including 532 recoveries, Ainura Akmatova, head of the public health care department of the country's health ministry, told a daily news briefing.
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Medical staff check the final preparations for operation at a COVID-19 care centre at the Commonwealth Games village in New Delhi, India, on July 8, 2020. (Photo by Partha Sarkar/Xinhua)
NEW DELHI -- India's federal health ministry Thursday morning said 487 new deaths due to COVID-19, besides fresh 24,879 positive cases, were reported during the past 24 hours across the country, taking the number of deaths to 21,129 and total cases to 767,296.
"As on 8:00 a.m. (local time) Thursday, 21,129 deaths related to novel coronavirus have been recorded in the country," reads information released by the ministry. ■
