There were only around 8,000 confirmed cases at the time and only 82 confirmed cases of COVID-19 outside mainland China. Vietnam ordered a lockdown in the city of Da Nang in July as coronavirus cases were detected there for the first time since February. The Indonesian government reported a total of 113,134 coronavirus infections and 5,302 deaths up to early August. India is the worst affected country in the South Asian region, with the COVID-19 deaths per million of the population exceeding that of neighbouring Pakistan. Globally, India continues to occupy third place as the worst affected country behind the U.S. and Brazil.

Source: The Hindu August 19, 2020 01:30 UTC