India's COVID-19 tally rises to 28,574,350

The COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread in Asia-Pacific countries as India registered 132,364 new cases on Friday while Cambodia reports its second highest daily cases of 886, reported Xinhua.

India's COVID-19 tally rose to 28,574,350 with 132,364 new cases recorded in the past 24 hours, said the federal health ministry.

Besides, 2,713 deaths were reported since Wednesday morning, taking the death toll to 340,702.

There are still 1,635,993 active cases in the country, with a decrease of 77,420 in the past 24 hours. The number of daily active cases has been on the decline over the past few days, after a continuous surge since mid-April.

Cambodia confirmed 886 new COVID-19 cases, the kingdom's second-highest daily total, pushing the national caseload to 33,075, the Ministry of Health said in a statement.

The highest single-day tally was 938 cases on May 3.

Six more fatalities had been reported, bringing the overall death toll to 242, the ministry said, adding that 781 patients had recovered, taking the total number of recoveries to 25,544.

The Philippines' Department of Health (DOH) reported 7,450 new COVID-19 infections, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the Southeast Asian country to 1,255,337.

The death toll climbed to 21,537 after 181 more patients died from the viral disease, the DOH said.

The Philippines, which has more than 110 million population, has tested over 12 million people since the outbreak in January 2020.

Thailand reported 2,631 new COVID-19 cases, raising its total caseload to 171,979, according to official data.

Nearly one third of the new infections were reported in the capital Bangkok, which has been the epicenter of the third wave of outbreak.

The Southeast Asian country also reported 31 new fatalities over the last 24 hours, bringing the country's death toll to 1,177, Natapanu Nopakun, an official at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said at a daily news briefing of the Center for the COVID-19 Situation Administration.

Pakistan reported 1,893 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, with a positivity rate of 3.58 percent, the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) said on Friday.

According to the NCOC, the country's number of overall cases rose to 928,588, including 856,005 recoveries since February of last year when the first case was reported.

According to the NCOC, 83 people died from the pandemic during the last 24 hours, bringing the death toll to 21,105.

South Korea reported 695 more confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the 24 hours as of midnight Thursday, bringing the total tally to 142,852.

The daily caseload was up from 681 in the prior day, staying above 600 for three days. The daily average caseload for the past week was 565 in the country.

One more death was recorded from the coronavirus epidemic, taking the COVID-19 related death toll to 1,969. The total fatality rate stood at 1.38 percent, showed the official data.