Source::Xinhuanet
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Asia-Pacific countries were still witnessing rocketing COVID-19 infections on Wednesday as India's tally surpassed 29 million, while Indonesia reported the highest daily spike since late February.
India's total tally reached 29,089,069 on Wednesday with 92,596 new cases, confirmed the country's health ministry. This is the second consecutive day when less than 100,000 cases were registered in a day, after over two months.
Besides, 2,219 deaths were registered since Tuesday morning, taking the total tally to 353,528. There are still 1,231,415 active cases in the country, with a decrease of 72,287 in the past 24 hours. A total of 27,504,126 people has been cured and discharged from hospitals, showed the latest data from the federal health ministry.
Indonesia recorded 7,725 confirmed cases within one day, the highest daily number of infections since Feb. 26, the health ministry said. The total number of cases in the Southeast Asian country is now 1,877,050. The death toll added by 170 to 52,162, the ministry reported.
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