HONG KONG, Aug 26 (NNN-XINHUA) – COVID-19 cases continue to surge in some Asia-Pacific countries as India’s tally moved up to 3,167,323 and Bangladesh’s cases were close to the 300,000-mark with death toll surpassing 4,000.
The total number of COVID-19 cases in India surged to 3,167,323, while the death toll reached 58,390, showed the latest data released by the health ministry.
As many as 60,975 new cases and 848 deaths were recorded during the past 24 hours across the country.
There are 704,348 active cases in the country, while 2,404,585 have been cured and discharged from hospitals, added the ministry.
The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the Philippines surged to 197,164, after the Department of Health (DOH) reported 2,965 new cases. DOH said that the number of recoveries surged to 132,396, after it reported 368 more patients survived the disease.
The death toll climbed to 3,038 after 34 more patients succumbed to the viral disease, the DOH added.
The COVID-19 cases in Bangladesh rose closer to the 300,000-mark, as the death toll surpassed 4,000, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said.
According to the figures reported by the DGHS under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the country reached 299,628 including 2,545 new cases.
A total of 45 deaths were reported in the last 24 hours across Bangladesh and total fatalities stood at 4,028, it said in a statement.
The COVID-19 cases in Indonesia rose by 2,447 within one day to 157,859, with the death toll adding by 99 to 6,858, the country’s health ministry said.
According to the ministry, 1,807 more people were discharged from hospitals, bringing the total number of recovered patients to 112,867.
The COVID-19 death toll in the Maldives rose to 28, while the total case count is approaching 7,000, local media cited the Health Protection Agency (HPA).
Meanwhile, 133 new COVID-19 cases, including those of 103 Maldivian citizens and 30 foreign nationals, were confirmed by the HPA on Monday, raising the country’s total case count to 6,912.
Maldives is currently seeing a surge in COVID-19 cases with over 100 being reported per day this month. The country currently has 2,351 active cases, out of which 162 have been hospitalised, including 11 patients in the ICU and eight on ventilators.
Afghanistan reported 16 new cases, bringing the total tally to 38,070 cases, the country’s Ministry of Public Health said.
“During the past 24 hours, 169 suspected cases were tested, out of which 16 cases were tested positive in five provinces of the country’s 34 provinces.”
Eight COVID-19 patients succumbed to the virus, taking the number of people who lost their lives to 1,397 since the outbreak of the pandemic.
New Zealand confirmed seven new cases, all related to the community outbreak in Auckland, the country’s largest city. This brings New Zealand’s total number of confirmed cases to 1,339.
Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, announced the decision to make masks mandatory on public transport at Alert Level 2 and above, which will take effect from Aug 31.– NNN-XINHUA
