【截至24日24时，31个省（区、市）和新疆生产建设兵团累计报告确诊病例77658例，港澳台地区累计确诊病例121例：香港81例；澳门10例；台湾30例】A total of 508 new cases of the COVID-19 were confirmed on the Chinese mainland on Monday, and 71 more deaths were reported, according to China's National Health Commission. The total number of confirmed cases on the Chinese mainland now stands at 77,658 and the cumulative death toll is 2,663. On the same day, Chinese health authorities said 2,589 more patients were discharged from hospitals, bringing the total number of recovered patients to 27,323. The numbers of confirmed cases in China's special administrative regions and Taiwan region are as follows: 81 in Hong Kong (2 dead, 19 recovered); 10 in Macao (6 recovered); 30 in Taiwan (1 dead, 5 recovered).

【截至23日24时，31个省（区、市）和新疆生产建设兵团累计报告确诊病例77150例，港澳台地区累计确诊病例112例：香港74例；澳门10例；台湾28例】A total of 409 new cases of the novel coronavirus were confirmed on the Chinese mainland as of midnight on Sunday and 150 new deaths were reported, according to China's National Health Commission. The total number of confirmed cases on the Chinese mainland now stands at 77,150 and the cumulative death toll is 2,592. On the same day, Chinese health authorities said 1,846 new patients were discharged from the hospital, bringing the total number of recovered cases to 24,734. The numbers of confirmed cases in Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions and China's Taiwan region are as follows: Hong Kong: 74 (two dead, 12 recovered); Macao: 10 (six recovered); Taiwan: 28 (one dead, five recovered).

The abandoned 77-metre (250-feet) cargo ship MV Alta is pictured stuck on rocks near the village of Ballycotton south-east of Cork in Southern Ireland on February 18, 2020. A "ghost ship" drifting without a crew for more than a year washed ashore on Ireland's south coast in high seas caused by Storm Dennis, the Republic's coast guard said.
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