Source::Xinhuanet
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The COVID-19 pandemic was still raging in Asia-Pacific on Monday, as India's total tally rose to 29,510,410, with 70,421 new cases recorded in the past 24 hours, said the federal health ministry.
Besides, 3,921 COVID-19 patients died since Sunday morning, taking the death toll to 374,305. This was the seventh consecutive day when less than 100,000 cases were registered across the country, after peaking to over 400,000 for several days in April-May which was dubbed as the pandemic's second wave.
Still there are 973,158 active cases, after a decrease of 53,001 active cases during the past 24 hours. This is the first time in the past couple of months when the number of active cases has fallen to below the 1 million mark. The confirmed cases in Indonesia rose by 8,189 within one day to 1,919,547, with the death toll adding by 237 to 53,116, the health ministry said.
According to the ministry, 6,143 more people were discharged from hospitals, bringing the total number of recovered patients to 1,751,234. The Philippines' Department of Health (DOH) reported 6,426 new infections, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the Southeast Asian country to 1,322,053. The death toll climbed to 22,845 after 57 more patients died from the viral disease, the DOH said.
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