HONG KONG, Aug 16 (NNN-XINHUA) – The total number of COVID-19 cases in India crossed the 2.5 million mark on Saturday, while the Philippines reported 4,351 new daily cases.
India’s total cases reached 2,526,192, as the total deaths reached 49,036, showed the latest data issued by the federal health ministry.
As many as 65,002 new cases were added to the tally since Friday, while 996 people died in the past 24 hours due to the virus.
The number of confirmed cases in the Philippines surged to 157,918, after the Department of Health (DOH) reported 4,351 new daily cases yesterday.
The death toll also increased to 2,600, after 159 more patients succumbed to the viral disease.
COVID-19 cases in Indonesia rose by 2,345 within one day, to 137,468, with the death toll adding by 50 to 6,071, the Health Ministry said on Saturday.
According to the ministry, 1,703 more people were discharged from hospitals, bringing the total number of recovered patients to 91,321.
New Zealand reported seven new confirmed cases yesterday, the New Zealand Ministry of Health said. All seven cases were from community transmission. Six were already linked to previous cases in the cluster outbreak, and one remained under investigation, it said.
The seven new confirmed cases brought the total number of confirmed cases in New Zealand to 1,258, which was the number the country reported to the World Health Organisation.– NNN-XINHUA
