MANILA: The Philippines on Monday (May 25) reported 284 new cases of the Covid-19 (coronavirus), pushing the total number of the cases to 14,319 since the highly infectious disease emerged in the country in January.
The Department of Health (DOH) said in a daily bulletin that the number of recoveries now has climbed to 3,323 after 74 more patients have survived the disease. The total death toll has increased to 873 after five more patients succumbed to the viral disease, the DOH added.
According to the DOH, 171 cases or 60 percent of the daily cases were reported in Metro Manila, 70 cases or 25 percent in the Central Visayas region in the central Philippines and 43 cases or 15 per cent in other parts of the country.
In the other hand, Asia-Pacific countries are still fighting against the Covid-19 pandemic, as India witnessed the biggest one-day jump and Bangladesh reported the highest daily death toll.
India's federal health ministry on Sunday morning reported 147 new deaths and 6,767 positive cases since Saturday in the country, taking the death toll to 3,867 and total cases to 131,868.
This is the highest one day spike so far in the country, showed the data.
Bangladesh recorded 28 new fatalities, the highest daily death toll since the pandemic began in the country on March 8.
The number of confirmed infections increased to 33,610, with the daily rise of 1,532 cases reported in the last 24 hours as of 8am local time on Sunday.
Malaysia reported 60 new infections, with 33 of them traced to two immigration detention facilities, the Health Ministry said on Sunday.
The new cases pushed the total cases nationwide to 7,245, of which 1,185 are active cases, with nine currently being held in intensive care and four of those in need of assisted breathing.
South Korea confirmed 25 more cases compared to 24 hours ago as of 0:00 a.m. Sunday local time, raising the total number of infections to 11,190.
The daily caseload stayed above 20 for the third straight day. Of the new cases, eight were imported from overseas, lifting the combined figure to 1,212.
There are 27 active cases of Covid-19 in New Zealand as the country reported no new case on Sunday, said a statement of the Ministry of Health.
This means New Zealand's combined total number of confirmed and probable cases stays at 1,504, of which 1,154 are confirmed, it said.
New Zealand currently has 1,456 people reported as having recovered, an increase of one on Saturday. - Xinhua/Asian News Network
The Department of Health (DOH) said in a daily bulletin that the number of recoveries now has climbed to 3,323 after 74 more patients have survived the disease. The total death toll has increased to 873 after five more patients succumbed to the viral disease, the DOH added.
According to the DOH, 171 cases or 60 percent of the daily cases were reported in Metro Manila, 70 cases or 25 percent in the Central Visayas region in the central Philippines and 43 cases or 15 per cent in other parts of the country.
In the other hand, Asia-Pacific countries are still fighting against the Covid-19 pandemic, as India witnessed the biggest one-day jump and Bangladesh reported the highest daily death toll.
India's federal health ministry on Sunday morning reported 147 new deaths and 6,767 positive cases since Saturday in the country, taking the death toll to 3,867 and total cases to 131,868.
This is the highest one day spike so far in the country, showed the data.
Bangladesh recorded 28 new fatalities, the highest daily death toll since the pandemic began in the country on March 8.
The number of confirmed infections increased to 33,610, with the daily rise of 1,532 cases reported in the last 24 hours as of 8am local time on Sunday.
Malaysia reported 60 new infections, with 33 of them traced to two immigration detention facilities, the Health Ministry said on Sunday.
The new cases pushed the total cases nationwide to 7,245, of which 1,185 are active cases, with nine currently being held in intensive care and four of those in need of assisted breathing.
South Korea confirmed 25 more cases compared to 24 hours ago as of 0:00 a.m. Sunday local time, raising the total number of infections to 11,190.
The daily caseload stayed above 20 for the third straight day. Of the new cases, eight were imported from overseas, lifting the combined figure to 1,212.
There are 27 active cases of Covid-19 in New Zealand as the country reported no new case on Sunday, said a statement of the Ministry of Health.
This means New Zealand's combined total number of confirmed and probable cases stays at 1,504, of which 1,154 are confirmed, it said.
New Zealand currently has 1,456 people reported as having recovered, an increase of one on Saturday. - Xinhua/Asian News Network
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