Health workers arrange the vials after collecting blood samples during serological survey for COVID-19 screening in New Delhi, India, Aug. 6, 2020. (Xinhua/Partha Sarkar)
-- India's death toll rises to 41,585, total cases reach 2,027,074;
-- Bangladesh reports 2,851 new cases, 252,502 in total;
-- Infections in Indonesia increase by 2,473 to 121,226;
-- The Philippines announces 3,379 new cases, total tally at 122,754.
HONG KONG, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- The following are the latest developments of the COVID-19 pandemic in Asia-Pacific countries on Friday:
NEW DELHI -- India's COVID-19 tally crossed the 2-million mark, reaching 2,027,074, the federal health ministry said.
As many as 62,538 new cases were detected in the country in the past 24 hours. A total of 886 people died since Thursday, taking the death toll to 41,585, showed the ministry's data.
A health worker collects blood samples from a resident at a school during serological survey for COVID-19 screening in New Delhi, India, Aug. 6, 2020. (Xinhua/Partha Sarkar)
DHAKA -- Bangladesh's total cases rose to 252,502 with 2,851 new cases reported, and deaths from the virus increased to 3,333.
Senior Health Ministry official Nasima Sultana said in a briefing that "2,851 new COVID-19 positive cases and 27 deaths were reported in the last 24 hours across Bangladesh."
People take a boat in a flooded area in Munshiganj on the outskirts of Dhaka, capital of Bangladesh, on July 27, 2020. (Xinhua)
JAKARTA -- The confirmed cases in Indonesia rose by 2,473 within one day to 121,226, with the death toll adding by 72 to 5,593, the health ministry said.
According to the ministry, 1,912 more people were discharged from hospitals, bringing the total number of recovered patients to 77,557.
An elementary school student wearing a face shield studies in the classroom during face to face learning in Soreang, Bandung, West Java, Indonesia, Aug. 5, 2020. (Photo by Septianjar/Xinhua)
MANILA -- The Philippine Department of Health (DOH) said that it will focus on the elimination of cluster infections after the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the country surged to 122,754 with 3,379 new cases.
The DOH said that the number of recoveries further rose to 66,852 after it reported 96 new recoveries.
The death toll also increased to 2,168 after 24 more patients died.
A woman wearing a face mask stands beside the window of a hospital in Manila, the Philippines, Aug. 5, 2020. (Xinhua/Rouelle Umali)
TOKYO -- The Tokyo metropolitan government confirmed 462 new daily COVID-19 cases, falling just shy of its record of 472 confirmed cases on Aug. 2, with the capital's cumulative total reaching 15,107, the highest among Japan's 47 prefectures.
Amid concerns over a resurgence of the virus in urban areas in Japan, with Tokyo still the epicenter of the nationwide outbreak, Tokyo Governor Yoriko Koike has urged Tokyo residents to refrain from traveling to other prefectures during the upcoming Bon holidays.
A passer-by walks past the emblem of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games and mascot "Someity" displayed on a wall of a building in Tokyo, Japan, Aug. 2, 2020. (Xinhua/Du Xiaoyi)
SEOUL -- South Korea reported 20 more cases of the COVID-19 as of 0:00 a.m. Friday local time compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 14,519.
Of the new cases, 11 were imported from overseas, lifting the combined figure to 2,531.
One more death was confirmed, leaving the death toll at 303. The total fatality rate stood at 2.09 percent.
A little girl plays at the traditional lantern festival along the Cheonggyecheon Stream in Seoul, South Korea, May 28, 2020. (Photo by Lee Sang-ho/Xinhua) ■
