Indonesia reports over 4,000 new COVID-19 cases, Cambodia again closes entertainment venues after 1st community transmission

Source: Xinhua| 2020-11-30 19:47:16|Editor: huaxia

HONG KONG, Nov. 30 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia reported over 4,000 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, when Cambodia again closed its entertainment venues after the first community transmission.

The confirmed COVID-19 cases in Indonesia increased by 4,617 in the past 24 hours to 538,883, with the death toll adding by 130 to 16,945, the Health Ministry said.

Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen said eight more people tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the total number of infected people in the first-ever community transmission to 14.

The country once again closed all cinemas, arts performing venues and museums after the community transmission.

Malaysia reported 1,212 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, bringing the national total to 65,697. Health Ministry Director-General Noor Hisham Abdullah said at a press briefing that nine of the new cases were imported, and 1,203 were local transmissions.

Afghanistan's Public Health Ministry reported 283 new cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the country's total tally to 46,498.

An additional 16 deaths from the coronavirus epidemic were meanwhile recorded, bringing the COVID-19 death toll to 1,779 since its outbreak In February in Afghanistan, according to the ministry's statement.

Fijian President Jioji Konrote urged Fijians not to give up the health practices and habits adopted this year in preventing COVID-19 and voiced confidence in the Pacific nation's recovery.

The country reported four more imported cases, bringing the total number of active COVID-19 cases to seven in the island nation.

The number of COVID-19 patients in Sri Lanka topped the 23,000 mark after over 400 new cases were detected on Sunday night, official figures from the Health Ministry showed here.

Till Monday morning, the total number of infected patients reported was 23,484, out of which 17,002 patients had recovered and been discharged from hospitals.

Two Thai women who illegally crossed the border to return to Thailand from Myanmar have been confirmed to be positive with COVID-19, according to a report issued by the Center for the COVID-19 Situation Administration.

Local government in India's western state of Rajasthan has decided to close schools, colleges, cinema and entertainment parks until Dec. 31 in wake of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, officials said.

India's COVID-19 tally reached 9,431,691 as 38,772 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours, according to the latest data from the health ministry. According to the data, the death toll mounted to 137,139 as 443 patients died since Sunday morning.

The Department of Health (DOH) of the Philippines reported 1,773 new cases, bringing the total number in the country to 431,630.

New Zealand reported four new cases in managed isolation and no new community cases. Of the cases in managed isolation, one person arrived from Ethiopia via Dubai and Kuala Lumpur on Nov. 14. The person tested positive on day 11 on Friday, according to the Ministry of Health.

South Korea reported 438 more cases of COVID-19 as of midnight Sunday compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 34,201.

The daily caseload stayed below 500 for two straight days, but it gained in triple digits for 23 days due to small cluster infections in Seoul and its surrounding Gyeonggi province as well as imported cases. Enditem

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