Increasing Covid-19 cases reported in Asia-Pacific, death toll in Indonesia surpasses 700


A vendor wearing a protective face mask waits in his shop which sells dates as he waits for customers although others shops in his area are closed to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease during the holy fasting month of Ramadan, at Tanah Abang market in Jakarta. - Reuters

HONG KONG: Many countries in Asia-Pacific are witnessing increasing number of Covid-19 (coronavirus) cases as of Sunday morning (April 26) with death toll in Indonesia surpassing 700.

India's federal health ministry also reported 52 new deaths and 1,054 fresh positive cases since Saturday evening, taking the number of deaths to 775 and total cases to 24,506.

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