Migrant workers from different Indian states gather and wait to board buses for their destinations during the coronavirus lockdown in Bangalore, India, May 23, 2020. (Str/Xinhua)
-- India's total COVID-19 cases surpass 150,000-mark as death toll rises to 4,337;
-- Australia's youngest COVID-19 victim dies aged 30;
-- S. Korea reports 40 more COVID-19 cases, 11,265 in total;
-- New Zealand confirms no new case of COVID-19 for 5 consecutive days.
HONG KONG, May 27 (Xinhua) -- The following are the latest developments of the COVID-19 pandemic in Asia-Pacific countries:
NEW DELHI -- India's federal health ministry Wednesday morning said that the total number of COVID-19 cases surpassed the 150,000-mark, reaching 151,767, while the latest death toll stood at 4,337.
As many as 170 new deaths and 6,387 fresh COVID-19 cases were reported during the past 24 hours, showed the ministry's data.
Photo taken on May 25, 2020 shows an electronic placard reminding people to remember social distancing at a campus in Sydney, Australia. (Xinhua/Bai Xuefei)
SYDNEY -- A 30-year-old man in the Australian State of Queensland has become the country's youngest person to die from COVID-19, taking the national death toll to 103.
State authorities told reporters on Wednesday that the man, who is from the remote central Queensland region of Blackwater, passed away overnight, testing positive for the virus after his death.
Queensland State Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said how the man contracted COVID-19 remains a mystery since there were no other cases reported in the Blackwater area before. She urged anyone in the area with symptoms to get tested.
A teacher welcomes a student at Kyungbok High School in Seoul, South Korea, May 20, 2020. (Photo by Lee Sang-ho/Xinhua)
SEOUL -- South Korea reported 40 more cases of the COVID-19 compared to 24 hours ago as of 0:00 a.m. Wednesday local time, raising the total number of infections to 11,265.
The daily caseload rose above 40 in 49 days. Of the new cases, three were imported, lifting the combined figure to 1,221.
No more death was reported, leaving the death toll at 269. The total fatality rate stood at 2.39 percent.
People walk at a park in Wellington, New Zealand, May 14, 2020. (Xinhua/Guo Lei)
WELLINGTON -- New Zealand reported no new case of COVID-19 on Wednesday for five consecutive days, with the combined total of confirmed and probable cases staying at 1,504, according to the Ministry of Health.
The total number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 remains at 1,154, which is the number reported to the World Health Organization, said a ministry statement.
The death toll has remained at 21 in the country since May 6, the ministry said.■