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Russia registered 5,871 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the total to 806,720, its COVID-19 response center said in a statement Saturday. Meanwhile, 146 more deaths were reported, bringing the total tally to 13,192.

India's health ministry said on Saturday morning that 757 new COVID-19-related deaths and 48,916 new infections were reported during the past 24 hours, making the number of deaths to 31,358 and total infections to 1,336,861.

South Korea reported 113 more COVID-19 cases as of midnight Saturday in 24 hours, raising the total number of infections to 14,092. The daily caseload jumped above 100 since April 1 due to a surge in imported cases and continued small cluster infections.

Indonesia reported 1,868 new coronavirus infections on Saturday, bringing the total to 97,286, data from its COVID-19 task force showed. The number of deaths related to COVID-19 rose by 49, hitting 4,714 in total.

(With input from agencies)