HONG KONG, Nov 28 (NNN-XINHUA) – Indonesia reported 5,828 new COVID-19 cases yesterday, while a vaccine deal has been signed in the Philippines.
The COVID-19 cases in Indonesia rose by 5,828 within one day to 522,581, with the death toll adding by 169 to 16,521, the Health Ministry said. 3,807 more people were discharged from hospitals, bringing the total number of recovered patients to 437,456.
The Department of Health (DOH) of the Philippines reported 1,631 new confirmed cases, bringing the total number in the country to 425,918.
The Philippines signed an agreement to buy 2.6 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine, from the pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca.
The Japanese government said, a new round of coronavirus antibody tests, on some 15,000 people will be finished by the end of this year, as the government seeks to better grasp the scale of the pandemic’s spread.
India’s COVID-19 tally reached 9,309,787, as 43,082 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours, said the latest data from the federal health ministry. The death toll mounted to 135,715, as 492 patients died, since Thursday morning.
New Zealand reported seven cases in managed isolation, with no new cases in the community. Six of the cases are members of the Pakistan men’s cricket team, who have tested positive for COVID-19 at their managed isolation facility in Christchurch.
Samoa reported one more case, bringing the total number of COVID-19 cases to two in the island nation.
According to Samoa Observer, Samoa’s Director General of Health, Leausa Take Naseri, said that, a 70-year-old Samoan man has tested positive for COVID-19, while in quarantine after arriving in Samoa on a repatriation flight from Auckland and Melbourne, two weeks ago.
South Korea reported 569 more cases compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number to 32,887.
The daily caseload stayed above 500 for two straight days, growing in triple digits for 20 days running, due to small cluster infections in Seoul and its surrounding Gyeonggi province, as well as, imported cases.– NNN-XINHUA
