India reports record daily high of 6,148 COVID-19 deaths

The COVID-19 pandemic continued to spread in Asia-Pacific countries as India reported 94,052 new cases on Thursday.

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The COVID-19 pandemic continued to spread in Asia-Pacific countries as India reported 94,052 new cases on Thursday and the Philippines logged 7,485 new cases. Meanwhile, Japan decided to lift the quasi-emergency in three prefectures at the end of Sunday.

India reported a record high of 6,148 COVID-19 deaths during the past 24 hours, taking the total death toll in the country to 359,676, said the federal health ministry.

Meanwhile, 94,052 new cases were recorded in the period, the third consecutive day when less than 100,000 cases were reported in a single day. The total caseload stands at 29,183,121.

There are still 1,167,952 active cases in the country, a decrease of 63,463 since Wednesday. As many as 27,655,493 people have recovered and been discharged from hospitals so far.

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