HONG KONG: Confirmed Covid-19 (coronavirus) cases in the Asia-pacific region kept increasing with South Korea reporting 274 more cases on Saturday (March 7). With the new confirmed cases, the total number of infections in South Korea rose to 7,041 as of 5pm local time.
A worker cleans the area in front of a non-operational fountain at Walt Disney Co's Disneyland Resort, temporarily closed due to the coronavirus, in Hong Kong, China. Confirmed Covid-19 cases in the Asia-Pacific region increased with South Korea reporting 274 more cases on Saturday . - Bloomberg
Ten more patients were discharged from quarantine after making full recovery, raising the combined number to 118.The total number of infections in Daegu, about 300km southeast of Seoul, and its surrounding North Gyeongsang province increased to 5,084 and 1,049 respectively as of midnight. It accounted for about 90% of the total.In Japan, the number of infections rose to 1,137 as of 7pm local time on Saturday, an increase of 63 cases from a day earlier.
Malaysia reported on Saturday 10 new cases of the Covid-19, bringing the total number of the cases to 93. The sixth most recent case returned from Italy on Qatar Airways flight QR 908, and the NSW Health is contacting flight passengers on that flight, which left Doha on March 1. In Vietnam, the Ministry of Health on Saturday confirmed another new case of novel coronavirus infection, bringing the total confirmed cases in the country to 18.
Health authorities of the Philippines and the World Health Organisation confirmed on Saturday a local transmission of Covid-19 in the country, with the tally of confirmed cases rising to six. "What we have now is localised transmission. We are not trying to define what are the parameters of this cluster," WHO Representative in the Philippines Rabindra Abeyasinghe said in a news conference.
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