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Nikkei Asia is tracking the spread of the coronavirus that was first detected in the central Chinese city of Wuhan.

Cumulative global cases have reached 250,460,597, according to Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. The worldwide death toll has hit 5,058,586.

For more information about the spread of COVID-19 and vaccination progress around the world, please see our interactive charts and maps.

— Global coronavirus tracker charts

— Status of vaccinations around the world

— World map of spreading mutated strains

— Distribution, duration, safety: challenges emerge in vaccine race

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Tuesday, Nov. 9 (Tokyo time)

6:50 p.m. Singapore will stop paying the COVID-19 medical bills of patients who are “unvaccinated by choice,” The Guardian reports, citing the city government, which currently covers all COVID medical costs for all Singaporeans, permanent residents and long-term visa holders,…