BEIJING, April 8 (Xinhua) -- The world is now in a battle against COVID-19, a disease caused by a previously unknown coronavirus that has spread to over 200 countries and regions.
The following are the updates on the contagious disease.
JERUSALEM -- Israel reported six new death cases from the novel coronavirus, bringing the death toll to 71, the state's Ministry of Health said Wednesday.
The six victims, aged 67 to 97, all suffered from other serious diseases.
The ministry added that a total of 9,404 people in Israel were tested positive for COVID-19 so far.
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ULAN BATOR -- The total number of COVID-19 cases has reached 16 in Mongolia after one more case was confirmed on Wednesday.
"A Mongolian citizen who has been isolated in the northern Mongolian Selenge province tested positive for COVID-19," Dulmaa Nyamkhuu, head of the country's National Center for Communicable Disease (NCCD), told a press conference.
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CANBERRA -- Health Minister Greg Hunt has issued a plea for Australians to maintain social distancing to continue limiting the spread of COVID-19.
As of 6 a.m. local time on Wednesday, there have been 5,956 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Australia, according to the country's Department of Health. It represents an increase of about 2 percent from 5,844 cases as of Tuesday morning.
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BANGKOK -- Thailand's eastern seaside tourist city Pattaya is imposing a temporary lockdown to keep out all visitors in sustained effort to stem the COVID-19 pandemic.
Phakharathorn Thianchai, Provincial Governor of Chonburi province, where Pattaya is located, confirmed on Wednesday no entry by any visitors, Thai or foreign, into Pattaya under the lockdown, effective from Thursday until the end of this month, in addition to curfew, currently enforced nationwide between 10:00 p.m. and 4:00 a.m. daily.
