Live COVID-19 updates: Global COVID-19 cases top 40 mln -- Johns Hopkins University

Source: Xinhua| 2020-10-19 17:21:00|Editor: huaxia

Screenshot taken on Oct.19, 2020 shows that the global COVID-19 cases surpass 40 million, according to Johns Hopkins University. (Xinhua)

- Global COVID-19 cases top 40 mln -- Johns Hopkins University

- India's tally surpasses 7.5 mln

- Public transport users required to wear gloves in Tashkent

- Aussie state remains open to New Zealand travellers despite lockdown

BEIJING, Oct. 19 (Xinhua) -- The following are the updates on the global fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.

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BEIJING -- The global COVID-19 caseload surpassed the milestone of 40 million on Monday, according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University.

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A worker sanitizes the door of a shop at a market in Agartala, the capital city of India's northeastern state of Tripura, Oct. 18, 2020. (Str/Xinhua)

NEW DELHI -- India's COVID-19 tally surpassed 7.5 million mark on Monday, reaching 7,550,273, as 55,722 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours, said the data released by the health ministry.

The total death toll rose to 114,610, as 579 deaths took place across the country due to the pandemic since Sunday morning.

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TASHKENT -- All public transport users must wear face masks and medical gloves here to prevent the spread of seasonal infectious diseases, effective immediately, the Uzbek transport ministry said in the latest decision.

The ministry also said that disposable gloves will be allocated for free on metro, buses and minibuses after an initial plan on the new requirement came under criticism on social networks over potential fines for not wearing gloves.

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A woman wearing a mask walks past a pharmacy in downtown Seoul, South Korea, Sept. 29, 2020. (Xinhua/Wang Jingqiang)

SEOUL -- South Korea reported 76 more cases of the COVID-19 as of midnight on Sunday compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 25,275.

The daily caseload stayed below 100 for the fourth straight day, but the double-digit expansion continued owing to small cluster infections in Seoul and its surrounding Gyeonggi province as well as imported cases.

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A boy rides bicycle in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Aug. 31, 2020. (Photo by Bai Xue/Xinhua)

SYDNEY -- Travellers from New Zealand are free to enter the Australian state of Victoria despite the state's various lockdown measures in place to control COVID-19.

The Victorian government website updated on Monday, saying that the trans-Tasman travel bubble allowed travellers from New Zealand to arrive in New South Wales and the Northern Territory without a 14-day quarantine.

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MALE -- The number of COVID-19 deaths in the Maldives has risen to 36, local media reported here Monday.

According to the Health Protection Agency, an 80-year-old Maldivian male died while receiving treatment for COVID-19 at the HMF hospital on Sunday afternoon.

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TRIPOLI -- The National Center for Disease Control of Libya on Sunday reported 945 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the national tally to 48,790.

The center said in a statement that 26 more patients have died, taking the country's death toll to 725, while the nationwide recoveries totaled 26,889, up by 827.

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