The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases worldwide has exceeded 579 million, with over 6.4 million deaths, data from the World Health Organization shows.

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The Chinese mainland recorded 361 confirmed COVID-19 cases on Friday, with 310 attributed to local transmissions and 51 from overseas, data from the National Health Commission showed on Saturday.

South Africa's health regulator on Thursday reported the first death of an individual that has had a causal link to Johnson & Johnson's (J&J) COVID-19 vaccine, the first time such a direct link has been made in the country.