BEIJING, July 26 (Xinhua) -- The following are the updates on the global fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.

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MANILA -- The number of COVID-19 cases in the Philippines surged to 80,448 after the Department of Health (DOH) reported 2,110 new cases on Sunday.

The death toll also increased to 1,932 after 39 more patients have succumbed to the viral disease, the DOH said.

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DHAKA -- Bangladesh reported 2,275 new COVID-19 cases Sunday, taking the total to 223,453.

Senior Health Ministry official Nasima Sultana told a media briefing that 54 deaths were reported in the last 24 hours across the country, bringing the death toll to 2,928.

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BEIJING -- A total of 30 security guards have died in the line of duty across China since the COVID-19 epidemic, showed figures released on Friday at a promotion event of the security guard service sector.

China's epidemic prevention and control measures have had wide-ranging contributions from the sector, with the participation of millions of security guards in implementing daily epidemic control measures, guarding isolation facilities, medical observation and treatment sites, and maintaining epidemic control and security checkpoints.

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MALE -- Maldives President Ibrahim Solih emphasized the need to diversify and develop the country's economy in an address to mark Maldives' 55th Independence Day, a press release from the President's Office said here Sunday.

In a televised address on Sunday morning, President Solih said that the responsibility to safeguard the country's independence and sovereignty rests with all citizens and that the economic downturn caused by the COVID-19 pandemic was a key challenge the country would have to face.

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BEIJING -- Global COVID-19 cases have surpassed 16 million on Sunday, the most recent statistics of the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University showed.

The global count reached 16,048,100 with a total of 644,537 deaths, according to the latest data.

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HANOI -- Vietnam reported a new community case of COVID-19 infection on Sunday, bringing its total confirmed cases to 418 with zero death so far, according to the country's Ministry of Health.

The latest case was a 61-year-old man from central Da Nang city's Hai Chau district and is being treated in a local hospital, said the ministry.

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CANBERRA -- Australia recorded 10 COVID-19 deaths on Sunday, when the country's total confirmed cases surpassed 14,000.

All 10 deaths confirmed on Sunday were in the state of Victoria, with the victims aged between 40 and 80. Enditem

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