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Philippines detects first COVID-19 Lambda variant case

August 15, 2021

MANILA (Xinhua) – The Philippines’ Department of Health (DOH) on Sunday confirmed the first case of the Lambda coronavirus variant in a 35-year-old female. More details in Monday’s Borneo Bulletin.

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Country/Region	New Cases	Total Cases	Recovered	Deaths
India	43,381	32,737,569	31,915,969	438,387
Iran	31,516	4,926,964	4,146,742	106,482
Japan	22,748	1,434,370	1,173,112	15,896
Malaysia	20,579	1,706,089	1,422,005	16,087
Philippines	18,528	1,954,023	1,777,693	33,109
Turkey	17,332	6,346,881	5,809,710	56,213
Thailand	16,536	1,174,091	985,246	11,143
Vietnam	12,796	435,265	219,802	10,749
Indonesia	7,427	4,073,831	3,724,318	131,923
Iraq	6,083	1,874,435	1,719,557	20,699
Kazakhstan	5,993	779,927	662,158	9,118
Israel	4,913	1,051,609	966,079	6,989
Sri Lanka	4,612	426,169	357,598	8,775
Azerbaijan	4,010	417,996	361,128	5,553
Bangladesh	3,948	1,493,537	1,415,697	26,015
Pakistan	3,909	1,152,481	1,033,373	25,604
Myanmar	3,166	392,300	311,952	15,183
Georgia	2,669	543,118	482,732	7,251
Mongolia	2,414	208,871	189,024	927
Palestine	1,696	337,405	316,998	3,672
S. Korea	1,617	248,568	218,726	2,279
Nepal	1,214	759,222	712,712	10,714
Lebanon	1,153	600,451	551,433	8,044
UAE	987	716,381	702,102	2,038
Jordan	811	795,161	773,065	10,383
Uzbekistan	811	154,844	147,243	1,070
Cambodia	438	92,208	88,119	1,881
Armenia	383	241,336	226,292	4,823
Kyrgyzstan	213	175,437	169,117	2,518
Cyprus	208	113,277	90,755	499
Saudi Arabia	208	544,004	532,126	8,532
Lao People's Democratic Republic	195	14,641	4,928	12
Kuwait	189	409,552	404,558	2,417
Qatar	179	232,366	229,046	602
Timor-Leste	166	16,402	11,786	62
Singapore	133	67,304	66,092	55
Syrian Arab Republic	115	27,654	22,429	2,003
Maldives	113	80,791	78,894	226
Afghanistan	111	153,144	109,921	7,116
Oman	103	302,132	291,532	4,057
Bahrain	95	272,341	270,005	1,388
Brunei	82	2,462	664	7
Tajikistan	82	16,778	16,618	124
China	33	94,819	88,924	4,636
Yemen	33	7,784	4,797	1,461
Taiwan	23	15,983	14,941	834
Hong Kong	7	12,108	11,783	212
Bhutan	0	2,594	2,567	3
Macao	0	63	60	0