Asean sees sharp drop in Covid-19-related deaths and new cases

Caption A medical worker checks the temperature of a voter at a polling station in Hanoi on May 23, 2021, as Vietnam holds legislative polls to elect a new 500-seat National Assembly. - AFP

BANGKOK (The Nation/ANN): Southeast Asia reported the lowest number of Covid-19 cases on Sunday (May 23) in four days while deaths linked to the disease were the lowest in over a week.

Asean countries reported a total of 19,462 new cases on Sunday, taking the number of Covid-19 cases since the outbreak to over 3.83 million, while 237 patients died, down from Saturday’s 391.