In other developments in the Asia-Pacific region:— India registered 78,512 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, maintaining an upward surge. The Health Ministry on Monday also reported 948 deaths in the past 24 hours, taking total fatalities up to 64,469. Five straight increases of more than 75,000 cases a day have raised the country’s total virus tally to over 3.6 million. The virus has badly hit India’s major cities and is now fast spreading in smaller towns and rural areas. India has significantly increased testing and conducts nearly 1 million tests every day.

Source: Daily Sun August 31, 2020 14:15 UTC