Malaysia Records 2,525 New Infections
Asia-Pacific countries kept on high alert on Thursday as Malaysia reported the highest daily spike of 2,525 new infections.
Health Ministry Director-General Noor Hisham Abdullah said in a press statement that 13 of the new cases are imported and 2,512 are local transmissions.
Another eight deaths were reported, pushing the total deaths to 471.
India’s total tally rose to 10,266,674, as 21,822 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours, said the latest data from the federal health ministry.
According to the data, the death toll mounted to 148,738 as 299 COVID-19 patients died since Wednesday morning.
There are still 257,656 active cases in the country, while 9,860,280 people have been discharged from hospitals after medical treatment.
The confirmed cases in Indonesia rose by 8,074 within one day to 743,198, with the death toll adding by 194 to 22,138, the health ministry said.
According to the ministry, 7,356 more people were discharged from hospitals, bringing the total number of recovered patients to 611,097.
The Department of Health (DOH) of the Philippines reported 1,541 new cases, bringing the total number in the country to 474,064.
The death toll climbed to 9,244 after 14 more patients died from the viral disease, the DOH said. Meanwhile, 296 more patients recovered, raising the total number of recoveries to 439,796.
The number of new daily cases in Tokyo surpassed the 1,000-mark for the first time since the outbreak of the pandemic, Governor Yuriko Koike said, warning that the third wave hitting the capital is of “unprecedented size.”
In Japan’s capital, the Tokyo metropolitan government sources reportedly said that new cases have topped 1,300, far eclipsing the previous record of 949 cases logged last Saturday, as the city continues to grapple with consistently rising infections.
The capital city’s cumulative total of infections surpassed the 60,000mark.
South Korea reported 967 more cases, raising the total number of infections to 60,740.
Of the new cases, 365 were Seoul residents and 219 were people residing in Gyeonggi province. Twenty-seven were imported from overseas, lifting the combined figure to 5,385.
Twenty-one more deaths were confirmed, leaving the death toll at 900.