An Afghan man works at a cake factory in an industrial park in Herat province, Afghanistan, on June 1, 2021. (Photo by Arif Karimi/Xinhua)
-- The Philippines logs 7,485 new COVID-19 cases, total rises to 1,293,687;
-- Japan lifts quasi-emergency in 3 prefectures as virus rate declines;
-- Pakistan reports 1,303 new infections;
-- India reports record high of 6,148 COVID-19 deaths in 24 hours.
HONG KONG, June 10 (Xinhua) -- The following are the latest developments of the COVID-19 pandemic in Asia-Pacific countries on Thursday:
KABUL -- Afghanistan recorded 1,822 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, raising the total tally to 87,716, the Ministry of Public Health said.
The government-run and private laboratories conducted 5,343 tests in the past 24 hours, 1,822 of them being positive with the coronavirus infection, the ministry said in a graph providing daily COVID-19 figures.
Meanwhile, it reported an additional 409 recoveries from the pandemic and 56 new deaths in the country, raising the COVID-19 related death toll to 3,412.
Students wearing personal protective equipment are seen in a classroom during a limited face-to-face class at National University in Manila, the Philippines on June 8, 2021. (Xinhua/Rouelle Umali)
MANILA -- The Philippines' Department of Health (DOH) reported 7,485 new COVID-19 infections, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the Southeast Asian country to 1,293,687.
The death toll climbed to 22,312 after 122 more patients died from the viral disease, the DOH said.
The Philippines, which has more than 110 million population, has tested more than 13 million people since the outbreak in January 2020.
People wait to receive China's Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination site in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on June 1, 2021. (Photo by Phearum/Xinhua)
PHNOM PENH -- Cambodia's death toll from COVID-19 has risen to 300 after 11 new fatalities were reported in the last 24 hours, the Ministry of Health (MoH) said in a statement.
The Southeast Asian nation also logged 426 new cases, bringing the national tally to 36,666 so far, the statement said, adding that the new infections included 380 local cases and 46 imported cases.
Meanwhile, the kingdom also saw 760 patients recovered, taking the total number of recoveries to 29,807, it added.
People walk past closed shops in Tokyo, Japan, May 7, 2021. (Photo by Christopher Jue/Xinhua)
TOKYO -- The Japanese government on Thursday decided to lift the COVID-19 quasi-state of emergency currently in effect for three prefectures at the end of Sunday amid signs the rate of COVID-19 infections is on a decline.
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, set to depart for Britain later Thursday to attend Group of Seven (G7) summit, finalized the decision after the plan was approved earlier in the day by the government's expert advisory panel on COVID-19.
The quasi-state of emergency measures in place for Gunma, Ishikawa and Kumamoto prefectures since May 16, are set to end on Sunday as per the original schedule.
A man receives a dose of COVID-19 vaccine at a mass vaccination center in Islamabad, capital of Pakistan, June 3, 2021. (Xinhua/Ahmad Kamal)
ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan confirmed 1,303 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday with a 3.12-percent positivity rate, the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) said on Thursday.
The NCOC said in a statement that the country's number of overall cases had risen to 937,434, including 871,669 recoveries since February last year when the first case of its kind was reported in Pakistan.
There are a total of 44,236 active cases who are under treatment across the country, including 2,967 being in critical condition.
According to the NCOC, the pandemic killed 76 people during the last 24 hours, increasing the death toll to 21,529.
A vendor walks in a closed market during a lockdown imposed to curb the spread of the COVID-19 in Nagaon district of Assam, India, June 8, 2021. (Str/Xinhua)
NEW DELHI -- India reported a record high of 6,148 COVID-19 deaths during the past 24 hours, taking the total death toll in the country to 359,676, said the federal health ministry.
Meanwhile, 94,052 new cases were recorded in the period, the third consecutive day when less than 100,000 cases were reported in a single day. The total caseload stands at 29,183,121.
There are still 1,167,952 active cases in the country, a decrease of 63,463 since Wednesday. As many as 27,655,493 people have recovered and been discharged from hospitals so far.
People wearing masks walk on a street in Seoul, South Korea, June 1, 2021. (Xinhua/Wang Jingqiang)
SEOUL -- South Korea reported 611 more cases of COVID-19 as of midnight Wednesday compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 146,303.
The daily caseload was slightly up from 602 in the previous day, staying above 600 for two days. The daily average caseload for the past week was 592.
Two more deaths were confirmed, leaving the death toll at 1,979. The total fatality rate stood at 1.35 percent.■
