People wearing face masks walk under cherry trees in Daegu, South Korea, March 29, 2020. (NEWSIS/Handout via Xinhua)
-- South Korea reported 89 new cases, 9,976 in total.
-- The number of infections rose to 2,524 in Japan.
-- Afghanistan confirmed 43 new cases, taking the total to 239.
-- The death toll from COVID-19 in India has risen to 50, 1,965 infections in total.
-- New Zealand reported 76 new confirmed and 13 new probable cases, 797 in total.
HONG KONG, April 2 (Xinhua) -- The following is the latest developments of the COVID-19 pandemic in Asia-Pacific countries.
SEOUL -- South Korea reported 89 more cases of the COVID-19 compared to 24 hours ago as of midnight Thursday local time, raising the total number of infections to 9,976.
Four more deaths were confirmed, lifting the death toll to 169.
The Incheon International Airport wears a deserted look due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Incheon, South Korea, March 30, 2020. (NEWSIS/Handout via Xinhua)
TOKYO -- The total confirmed cases in Japan has reached 2,524, according to the latest figures released Thursday morning.
The death toll in Japan from the pneumonia-causing virus currently stands at a total of 82 people, according to the health ministry, with the figure including those from the virus-hit Diamond Princess cruise ship that was quarantined in Yokohama, close to Tokyo.
Of the 2,524 confirmed COVID-19 infections in Japan, the majority are still in Japan's capital city of Tokyo, which has confirmed 587 cases.
A woman wearing mask looks up to admire the cherry blossom by the street in Tokyo, Japan, March 22, 2020. (Xinhua/Du Xiaoyi)
KABUL -- The Afghan authorities on Thursday confirmed 43 new COVID-19 cases, bringing to 239 the total number of patients in the country since the outbreak of the disease in mid February.
All the new cases were locally-transmitted ones as the patients did not have travel history abroad.
A health worker checks the body temperature of a prisoner at a provincial jail in Dushi district of northern Baghlan province, Afghanistan, March 30, 2020. (Photo by Elaha Sahel/Xinhua)
NEW DELHI -- The death toll of COVID-19 in India has risen to 50 as the total confirmed cases reached 1,965, the health ministry said Thursday.
On Wednesday morning, the number of infections was 1,834 and the death toll was 41.
People wait in line to receive free food during the nationwide lockdown in a bid to contain the spread of novel coronavirus in Kochi, India, April 1, 2020. (Stringer/Xinhua)
WELLINGTON -- New Zealand reported 76 new confirmed and 13 new probable cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, bringing the total number of confirmed and probable infections to 797.
There were no additional deaths reported and 92 people had recovered.
File photo shows people shopping at a supermarket in Auckland, New Zealand, taken on Feb. 28, 2020, the day when the first case of COVID-19 was confirmed in New Zealand. (Photo by Li Qiaoqiao/Xinhua)
SINGAPORE -- Singapore's Ministry of Health (MOH) reported the fourth death of COVID-19.
As of Wednesday, Singapore has recorded 1,000 confirmed cases.
People walk along the promenade outside Singapore's Marina Bay Sands on April 1, 2020. (Photo by Then Chih Wey/Xinhua)■