HONG KONG, Aug 22 (NNN-XINHUA) – India’s COVID-19 tally surpassed 2.9 million yesterday, as cases in Bangladesh climbed past 290,000, while the Philippines reported 4,786 newly confirmed cases, bringing the total cases in the Southeast Asian country to 182,365.
India’s COVID-19 tally rose to 2,905,823, and the death toll surged to 54,849, according to the latest data released by the federal health ministry.
As many as 68,898 new cases and 983 deaths were reported during the past 24 hours.
According to the data, there are still 692,028 active cases across India, while 2,158,946 people have been cured and discharged from hospitals.
The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the Philippines soared to 182,365 after the Department of Health (DOH) reported 4,786 new cases.
The DOH said that the number of recoveries surged to 114,519, after it reported 616 more patients have survived the disease.
The death toll also climbed to 2,940 after 59 more patients succumbed to the viral disease, the DOH added.
The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Bangladesh surpassed 290,000, as over 2,401 new cases were confirmed in the last 24 hours.
According to the figure reported by the country’s Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the number of confirmed infections in the country totalled 290,360, while fatalities stood at 3,861. It said, “39 more people died in the last 24 hours.”
The COVID-19 cases in Indonesia rose by 2,197 within one day to 149,408, with the death toll adding by 82 to 6,500, the Health Ministry said.
According to the ministry, 2,317 more people were discharged from hospitals, bringing the total number of recovered patients to 102,991. The virus has spread to all the country’s 34 provinces.
South Korea reported 324 more cases as of midnight Friday, compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 16,670.
The daily caseload soared in triple figures for eight straight days, topping 300 for the first time in over five months, since Mar 8. Two more deaths were confirmed, leaving the death toll at 309. The total fatality rate stood at 1.85 percent.
The Tokyo metropolitan government reported 258 new cases on Friday, dipping below Thursday’s 339 cases, but remaining above the average seven-day tally of 256.6.
Of the 258 people newly testing positive, 137 were aged in their 20’s and 30’s, accounting for about 53 percent of the total. Those in their 40’s and 50’s totalled 73, comprising 28 percent of the latest tally.
The Tokyo metropolitan government said, the number of people being treated in hospital and designated as being in a “serious condition” stood at 33, dropping by three patients from a day earlier.
The Maldives reported 145 new cases, the Health Protection Agency (HPA) said. A total of 123 Maldivians and 22 foreign citizens tested positive on Thursday, raising the total case count to 6,370, according to the HPA.
The HPA said that the country currently has 2,431 active cases spread across 21 islands and 10 resorts.
In New Zealand, 11 new cases were confirmed over the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of active cases in the country to 105.
Friday’s 11 new confirmed cases brought New Zealand’s total number of confirmed cases to 1,315. The total number of active cases in New Zealand is 105, including 16 cases from managed isolation facilities, according to the Ministry of Health.
Myanmar reported 10 more locally transmitted cases, according to a release from the Health and Sports Ministry.
Of the newly transmitted cases, nine are those who were under quarantine in Sittwe township of Rakhine state, while the other one is from Mrauk-U township, the release said.
The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the country reached 409, as of Friday morning. Myanmar detected local transmission again, since the last case was confirmed on July 16.– NNN-XINHUA
