HONG KONG, July 6 (Xinhua) -- Asia-Pacific countries witnessed surging COVID-19 cases on Tuesday as India's tally reached 30.6 mln cases while Indonesia recorded spikes in both daily cases and deaths.
India's total tally rose to 30,619,932 as 34,703 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours across the country, showed the federal health ministry's latest data.
"India reports 34,703 new cases in last 24 hours which is the lowest in 111 days," added the health ministry in a statement.
Besides, 553 deaths due to the pandemic were reported since Monday morning, taking the total death toll to 403,281.
There are still 464,357 active cases in the country with a fall of 17,714 cases during the past 24 hours.
Indonesia recorded 31,189 new cases, marking the highest daily spike and bringing the total tally to 2,345,018, the health ministry said.
The ministry also reported that the death toll added by 728, the biggest daily rise since the pandemic hit the country in March 2020, to 61,868.
An additional 15,863 recovered patients were discharged from hospitals, raising the total number of recoveries from the pandemic in the Southeast Asian country to 1,958,553.
The Philippines' Department of Health (DOH) reported 4,114 new infections, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the Southeast Asian country to 1,445,832.
The death toll climbed to 25,296 after 104 more patients died from the viral disease, the DOH said.
The Philippines has detected the fast-spreading Delta variant in the samples taken from returning overseas Filipinos with travel history from Saudi Arabia. The detection of two new cases brings the number of Delta cases in the country to 19.
The Alpha variant cases in the Philippines totaled 1,217, while the Beta variant cases rose to 1,386, the DOH said, adding that one Delta patient, 47 Alpha patients, and 47 Beta patients have died.
South Korea reported 746 more cases, raising the total number of infections to 161,541.
Of the new cases, 313 were Seoul residents and 224 were people residing in Gyeonggi province.
Fifty-six cases were imported from overseas, lifting the combined figure to 10,277.
Four more deaths were confirmed, leaving the death toll at 2,032.
Fiji continued to register a record daily spike as Permanent Secretary for Health James Fong announced 636 new cases and six deaths in the last 24 hours.
There have now been 39 deaths in Fiji, with 37 of these deaths during the outbreak that started in April this year.
Fiji has recorded 7,149 cases since the first case was reported in March 2020, with 1,318 recoveries.
