People return to shopping at Newmarket in Auckland, New Zealand as some COVID-19 restrictions were eased on Nov 10, 2021. (ALEX BURTON / NEW ZEALAND HERALD VIA AP)
ISLAMABAD / MANILA / HANOI / SINGAPORE / YANGON / WELLINGTON – New Zealand recorded 40,098 new community cases of COVID-19 and 35 more deaths from the pandemic over the past week, the country's Ministry of Health said on Monday.
On average, new cases per day reached 5,721 in the last week. The country has seen the number of daily cases going down steadily from over 10,000 cases nationwide in early July.
With the fresh cases, New Zealand has reported 2,019,685 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 2,257 COVID-19-related deaths since the pandemic hit the country in early 2020, the ministry said.
Malaysia
Malaysia reported 867 new COVID-19 infections, as of midnight Sunday, bringing the national total to 5,010,634, according to the health ministry.
There is one new imported case, with 866 cases being local transmissions, data released on the ministry's website showed.
Another 10 deaths have been reported, pushing the death toll to 36,763.
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A heath worker receives a COVID-19 vaccine at the Ayeyarwaddy COVID treatment center, Jan 27, 2021, in Yangon, Myanmar. (THEIN ZAW / AP)
Myanmar
Myanmar confirmed 39 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the tally to 633,457, according to the Ministry of Health on Sunday.
The ministry said in a statement that the health authorities tested 4,218 people for COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, and the daily positivity rate was 0.92 percent.
The death toll from COVID-19 in the country remained unchanged at 19,488 on Sunday as no new deaths were reported in the past 24 hours, the ministry said.
Pakistan
Pakistan recorded 30 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, the Ministry of Health said on Sunday.
According to data released by the ministry, the overall tally of infected people increased to 1,575,471 across the country after adding the new cases.
A total of 30,635 people died of COVID-19 in Pakistan, with no more deaths recorded on Saturday, according to the ministry's statistics.
Philippines
The Philippines reported 1,134 new COVID-19 infections on Sunday, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the Southeast Asian country to 4,049,042.
The Department of Health said the number of active cases dropped to 18,252, while 24 more patients died from COVID-19 complications, taking the death toll to 64,880.
Metro Manila, the capital region with over 13 million people, tallied 480 new cases.
A notice warning people not to gather in groups larger than five persons as part of restrictions to hald the spread of the coronavirus is displayed at Raffles Place financial business district in Singapore on Jan 4, 2022. (ROSLAN RAHMAN / AFP)
Singapore
Singapore reported 902 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, bringing the total tally to 2,181,048.
A total of 101 cases are currently warded in hospitals, with six of them held in intensive care units, according to statistics released by the Ministry of Health.
No new deaths from COVID-19 were reported on Sunday, leaving the total death toll unchanged at 1,707.
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Vietnam
Vietnam recorded 194 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, down 214 from Saturday, according to its ministry of health.
All the new cases were locally transmitted, said the ministry.
The new infections brought the total tally to 11,520,639. The Southeast Asian country reported no new deaths from the pandemic on Sunday, with the total fatalities staying at 43,178.