HONG KONG, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) -- The COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread in Asia-Pacific countries as India's tally reached 7,651,107 on Wednesday while Indonesia confirmed 4,267 new cases.
India's COVID-19 tally reached 7,651,107 as 54,044 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours, according to the data released by the federal health ministry. The total death toll rose to 115,914, as 717 deaths were logged across the country since Tuesday morning.
Still there are 740,090 active COVID-19 cases in the country, and 6,795,103 people have been successfully cured and discharged from hospitals.
Wednesday is the fourth consecutive day when the number of active COVID-19 cases has fallen below the 800,000-mark.
The COVID-19 cases in Indonesia rose by 4,267 within one day to 373,109, with the death toll adding by 123 to 12,857, the Health Ministry said.
According to the ministry, 3,856 more people were discharged from hospitals, bringing the total number of recovered patients to 297,509.
Bangladesh reported 1,545 new cases and 24 new deaths, bringing the total cases in the country to 393,131 and the total deaths to 5,723, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said.
The official data showed the total number of recovered patients in the country stood at 308,845, including 1,704 new recoveries on Wednesday.
The COVID-19 fatality rate in Bangladesh is now 1.46 percent and the current recovery rate is 78.56 percent, said the DGHS.
The Philippines' Department of Health (DOH) reported 1,509 new cases, bringing the country's total tally to 362,243.
Wednesday's daily increase in new cases is the lowest since Sept. 8.
The DOH said that 911 more patients have recovered, raising the total number of recoveries to 311,506. The death toll rose to 6,747 including 60 deaths newly recorded.
Malaysia reported 732 new infections, the Health Ministry said, bringing the national total to 22,957.
Health Ministry Director-General Noor Hisham Abdullah said in a press briefing that eight of the new cases are imported and 724 are local transmissions, of which 535 are reported from the eastern state of Sabah.
Six more deaths have been reported, bringing the death toll to 199.
South Korea reported 91 more cases of COVID-19 as of 0:00 a.m. Wednesday local time compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 25,424.
The daily caseload stayed below 100 for the sixth consecutive day, but the double-digit expansion continued owing to small cluster infections in Seoul and its surrounding Gyeonggi province as well as imported cases.
Three more deaths were confirmed, leaving the death toll at 450. The total fatality rate stood at 1.77 percent.
New Zealand reported 25 new cases, 23 of which are imported cases caught at the border, and two are cases linked to the port worker reported on Sunday, who are workplace contacts.
Two previously reported cases are now considered to have recovered, bringing the country's total number of active cases to 56.
New Zealand's total number of confirmed cases is now 1,556, according to the ministry.
The Lao Ministry of Health reported one new case for the first time after 39 days, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 24.
Lao Deputy Minister of Health Phouthone Meaungpak told a press conference in Lao capital Vientiane on Wednesday that the patient is 23-year-old student who returned from Russia.
As of Wednesday, 61,699 suspected cases have been tested in Laos with 24 cases positive and 22 patients have been discharged from hospitals. Enditem
