Confirmed COVID-19 cases continue to mount in Asia-Pacific as India records highest daily jump

Asia-Pacific countries reported more COVID-19 cases on Sunday as India announced record high one-day spike.

The COVID-19 pandemic situation continues to peak in India as the highest single-day spike of 90,632 new cases, and 1,065 deaths, were registered from across the country, according to the latest data released by the federal health ministry.

The country's tally rose to 4,113,811, as the total deaths surged to 70,626.

Still there are 862,320 active cases in the country, while 3,180,865 people have been successfully cured and discharged from hospitals.

The number of confirmed cases in the Philippines surged to 237,365 after the country's Department of Health (DOH) reported 2,839 new daily cases on Sunday.

The DOH said that the number of recoveries also surged to 184,687 after it reported 23,074 more patients having survived the disease.

The DOH added that 85 more patients have died from the viral disease, bringing the death toll to 3,875.

In Indonesia, the total cases rose by 3,444 within one day to 194,109, with the death toll adding by 85 to 8,025, the health ministry said on Sunday.

According to the ministry, 2,174 more people were discharged from hospitals, bringing the total number of recovered patients to 138,575.

Bangladesh reported 1,592 new cases and 32 new deaths, making the tally at 325,157 and death toll at 4,479, the Directorate General of Health Services said.

The official data showed that 11,354 samples were tested in the last 24 hours across Bangladesh.

The total number of recovered patients in the country stood at 221,275 including 3,423 new recoveries on Sunday, said the DGHS.

South Korea reported 167 more cases as of 0:00 a.m. Sunday local time compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 21,177.

Of the new cases, 63 were Seoul residents and 45 were people residing in Gyeonggi province.

Fifteen were imported from overseas, lifting the combined figure to 2,892.

One more death was confirmed, leaving the death toll at 334. The total fatality rate stood at 1.58 percent.