The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases worldwide has exceeded 603 million, with over 6.4 million deaths, data from the World Health Organization shows.

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The Chinese mainland recorded 290 confirmed COVID-19 cases on Friday, with 239 attributed to local transmissions and 51 from overseas, data from the National Health Commission showed on Saturday.

The total number of COVID-19 infections in Japan has exceeded 20 million as of 6 p.m. local time on Friday.