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Countries update daily COVID-19 tallies

KUWAIT, July 28 (KUNA) -- A number of countries across the globe Wednesday declared their deaths, infections and recoveries of the coronavirus (COVID-19) over the past 24 hours.
Qatar's Ministry of health announced on Wednesday one Coronavirus (COVID-19) death, to allow the pandemic death toll to reach 601.
Meanwhile, 225 Covid-19 infections were registered, to allow total cases to hit 2,257,47.
The toal of recovered cases reached 2,233,76, after 66 cases recovered.
In Iran, Covid-19 claimed 303 lived, while infecting other 3,381,7, during the last 24 hours Ministry of Health announced.
The pandemic death toll in the country hit 8,978,2, while 3,792,014, The Iranian Ministry of Health official spokesperson Sima Sadat Lari announced. On the other hand, the total recovered cases reached 3310163, she added.
Iran is suffering since a period the fifth COVID-19 wave, after the spread of extremely contagious delta variant, through a number of cities in the country, including the capital, Tehran.
Meanwhile, Switzerland registered three COVID-19 deaths, while 771 cases were infected.
The pandemic death toll exceeded 10,000, while total infections exceed 10,000, while total infections, the Swiss Federal Office of Public Health Covid-19 department. A total of 117 Covid-19 cases were receiving medical treatment the local hospitals during the last two weeks, it added.
The local health authorities also imposed a quarantine on more than 5,131 infected people, and also isolated around 5,917 people who were in contact with people infected by Covid-19.
They also put 881 travelers arriving from high-risk countries to adhere to the home quarantine.
The authorities were also able to vaccinate more than 47 percent of the population with two doses of Covid-19 vaccine, as the authorities launched a new awareness campaign to urge public to abide by precautionary measures, especially with the spread of the delta variant, which affects more than 97 percent of people in the country. In Saudi Arabia, Covid-19 claimed 11 lives, while 1,334 people were infected.
The pandemic death toll reached 8200m while total of 522,108 were infected, the Saudi Ministry of Health added in its daily report.
The recovered cases raised to reach 502,528, after 1079 recovered lately. (end) kt.lb