HONG KONG, May 25 (Xinhua) -- Japan on Monday lifted the state of emergency in all areas as the spread of the COVID-19 is now under control, while cases in India and Bangladesh continued to soar with record-high daily spikes.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe lifted the state of emergency in the Tokyo metropolitan area and Hokkaido, entirely ending the emergency in all of the country's 47 prefectures.
India's health ministry said 154 new deaths due to COVID-19 and another 6,977 positive cases were reported since Sunday in the country, taking the number of deaths to 4,021 and total cases to 138,845. This is the highest one-day spike so far in the country.
The number of confirmed cases in Bangladesh reached 35,585, including 1,975 new cases confirmed in the last 24 hours, the biggest daily jump since March 8, a senior health ministry official told a media briefing on television.
Malaysia reported 172 new cases, with 112 of them traced to three immigration detention facilities, pushing the national total to 7,417 cases, the Health Ministry said.
The COVID-19 cases in Indonesia rose by 479 within one day to 22,750, with the death toll adding by 19 to 1,391, Achmad Yurianto, a Health Ministry official, said at a press conference.
The Philippines reported 284 new cases, pushing the total number of cases to 14,319 since the highly infectious disease emerged in the country in January.
New Zealand reported no new case, with the combined total of confirmed and probable cases staying at 1,504, according to the Ministry of Health.
Australia's State of Western Australia will lift most of its internal borders on Friday except those protecting biosecurity areas and vulnerable remote indigenous communities.
Public school students in several Australian states returned to classrooms on Monday, as state leaders unveiled further plans to ease COVID-19 restrictions.
South Korea reported 16 more cases, raising the total number of infections to 11,206. The daily caseload fell below 20 in four days. Of the new cases, three were imported from overseas, lifting the combined figure to 1,215.
A three-day drive-in concert was held over the weekend in South Korea to secure safety and provide comfort for people tired of enduring the prolonged coronavirus outbreak, Hyundai Motor Company said. Enditem
