BEIJING, July 25 (Xinhua) -- The following are the updates on the global fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.
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TEHRAN -- Iran on Saturday reported 2,316 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, raising the total number in the country to 288,839, official IRNA news agency reported.
Sima Sadat Lari, spokeswoman for Iran's Ministry of Health and Medical Education, said during her daily update that 1,298 of the new cases have been hospitalized.
Since Friday, 195 people died from the viral disease, taking the total fatalities over the virus to 15,484.
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MINSK -- Belarus reported 156 new confirmed COVID-19 cases on Saturday, taking its nationwide count to 67,002, according to the country's health ministry.
There were 337 new recoveries in the past 24 hours, bringing the total to 60,092, the ministry added.
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TBILISI -- Georgia confirmed 13 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, taking its national tally to 1,117.
Among the new cases, the source of one is still unknown, the National Center for Disease Control and Public Health (NCDC) said.
As of Saturday, 917 patients have recovered from COVID-19, while 16 others have died, the center said.
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LUSAKA -- Zambia has recorded 472 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, the highest daily increase recorded since the country recorded its first two cases in March, the health ministry said on Saturday.
Minister of Health Chitalu Chilufya said the cases were picked from 1,851 tests conducted, bringing the cumulative cases to 4,328.
The country also recorded three more deaths, bringing the total deaths to 139.
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URUMQI -- Chinese Vice Premier Sun Chunlan has emphasized scientific and targeted measures to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and to safeguard the life and health of people of all ethnic groups.
Sun made the remarks during her investigation and research tour of the region from Thursday to Saturday. In Xinjiang, Sun heard a report on local epidemic prevention and control and visited various facilities to learn about COVID-19 treatment, nucleic acid testing, epidemiological investigations and supply of essentials.
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BUCHAREST -- An outbreak of 119 COVID-19 infections was detected at a wagon factory in Drobeta-Turnu Severin, southwestern Romania, as the country reported 1,284 new infections on Saturday, the fourth straight day with daily cases over 1,000.
The factory was closed last Friday after the first five cases were confirmed, but 119 cases have been registered so far, including 57 registered in the last 24 hours, according to the Public Health Directorate of Mehedinti County, whose capital city is Drobeta-Turnu Severin.
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PHNOM PENH -- Cambodia on Saturday confirmed 23 new imported COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 225, said a Health Ministry's statement.
Eight COVID-19 positive cases were detected on four Cambodians and four Indonesians, who arrived in Phnom Penh, capital of Cambodia, on July 23 through two different flights, Health Ministry's secretary of state and spokeswoman Or Vandine said in the statement.
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BEIJING -- As part of easing restrictions to control the COVID-19 epidemic, Beijing has allowed its buses and subways to operate at full capacity.
The passenger capacity of buses has been raised from 90 percent to 100 percent while that of subway is up from 80 percent to 100 percent, according to the Beijing Municipal Commission of Transport. Enditem
