BEIJING, Dec. 14 (Xinhua) -- The following are the updates on the global fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.

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YANGON -- The number of COVID-19 cases in Myanmar has increased to 109,512 as of Monday, according to a release from the Ministry of Health and Sports.

A total of 1,170 newly confirmed COVID-19 cases were reported in the country.

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TOKYO -- Japan on Monday confirmed 1,677 new daily COVID-19 cases, bringing the nation's cumulative total of people infected to 182,301, not including those related to a cruise ship quarantined near Tokyo earlier this year, with recent rises in positive virus cases and deaths leading medical officials to believe the nation is in the grip of a "third wave" of infections.

Following the government calling for a nationwide concerted effort to comprehensively tackle the virus over a "critical three weeks," the country has entered the third week with no signs of the virus abating.

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LAGOS -- The Nigerian army has confirmed that 26 senior officers have been tested positive for COVID-19 following a meeting early last week which was attended by an officer who later died of the virus.

In a statement released late Sunday, army spokesperson Sagir Musa said a total of 417 personnel had been tested as of Sunday, and 26 samples returned positive.

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KABUL -- Afghanistan has confirmed 211 new COVID-19 positive cases over the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of patients infected with the disease to 49,484 in the country, said a statement of the Public Health Ministry released here Monday.

According to the statement, four patients died over the period, totaling the number of COVID-19 related deaths to 1,975. Enditem

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