A member of a volunteer group named "Mask Panda Action Team" hands out masks to local people in Tokyo, Japan, Feb. 29, 2020.(Xinhua/Du Xiaoyi)
-- Japan reports 367 new cases, 3,506 in total;
-- South Korea reports 81 new cases, 10,237 in total;
-- India's COVID-19 death toll rises to 77, 3,374 in total;
-- Afghanistan's COVID-19 positive cases soar to 337;
-- New Zealand reports 89 new cases, 1,039 in total.
HONG KONG, April 5 (Xinhua) -- The following are the latest developments of the COVID-19 pandemic in Asia-Pacific countries.
TOKYO -- Japan's health ministry and local governments said Sunday the number of COVID-19 infections nationwide had risen to 3,506 cases as of 10:30 a.m. local time here, an increase of 367 cases from a day earlier.
The death toll in Japan from the pneumonia-causing virus currently stands at a total of 96 people, according to the health ministry, with the figure including those from the virus-hit Diamond Princess cruise ship that was quarantined in Yokohama, close to Tokyo.
Local residents enjoy the scenery of cherry blossoms in Daegu, South Korea, April 2, 2020.(NEWSIS/Handout via Xinhua)
SEOUL -- South Korea reported 81 more cases of the COVID-19 compared to 24 hours ago as of midnight Sunday local time, raising the total number of infections to 10,237.
Six more deaths were confirmed, lifting the death toll to 183. The total fatality rate came in at 1.79 percent.
A total of 138 more patients were discharged from quarantine after making full recovery, pulling up the combined number to 6,463.
Indian police participate in an awareness campaign by drawing large graffiti of coronavirus at all traffic junctions, urging people to cooperate with the Indian government-imposed nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus in Bangalore, India, April 3, 2020. (Xinhua/Stringer)
NEW DELHI -- India's federal health ministry Sunday morning said the death toll due to COVID-19 in India rose to 77 and the total number of confirmed cases in the country reached 3,374.
"As on 9:00 a.m local time today, 77 deaths related to novel coronavirus have been recorded in the country," reads the information released by the ministry.
This is a jump of two deaths and an increase of 302 cases since Saturday evening.
A health worker checks the body temperature of a prisoner at a provincial jail in Dushi district of northern Baghlan province, Afghanistan, March 30, 2020. (Xinhua/Elaha Sahel)
KABUL -- The number of cases tested positive for COVID-19 has reached 337 in Afghanistan, spokesman for Public Health Ministry Wahidullah Mayar said Sunday.
According to Mayar, 38 new positive cases including 10 in Kabul affected with COVID-19 have been confirmed in the country over the past 24 hours, bringing the number to 337.
People wearing masks are seen on a street in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, March 25, 2020. (Xinhua/Mao Pengfei)
PHNOM PENH -- One more COVID-19 patient in Cambodia has recovered, bringing the total number of patients cured in the country so far to 50, said a Ministry of Health (MoH) statement released on Sunday.
The latest discharged patient is a 62-year-old Malaysian Islamic preacher, who was treated at the Kampong Cham provincial hospital, the statement said.
Medical workers take part in training for treating COVID-19 patients at a comprehensive hospital in Auckland, New Zealand, April 3, 2020. (New Zealand Ministry of Health/Handout via Xinhua)
WELLINGTON -- New Zealand government believed that the country can put COIVD-19 under control, as the country reported 89 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, making the total number of COVID-19 cases to 1,039 in the country.
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern acknowledged New Zealanders for the sacrifice they have made during the lockdown period. She is confidence that the country can put COVID-19 under control.
