A COVID-19 testing site in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (Photo: Xinhua/VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Some Southeast Asian countries continued to record more COVID-19cases on May 28.
TheSingaporean Ministry of Health confirmed 373 new COVID-19 infections in thiscountry on May 28, raising the total cases to 33,249.
Amongthe new ones, none are Singaporeans or permanent residents, and the vastmajority are work permit holders residing in foreign worker dormitories.
The last time Singapore saw no new COVID-19 cases amongcitizens or permanent residents was on February 23, which was also thelast time there were no new coronavirus cases reported in the country.
As of May 28, Singapore had 17,267 recoveriesfrom the disease, or 53 percent of the COVID-19 patients, while therewere 23 deaths.
The Malaysian Ministry of Health reported 10new cases, adding up to 7,629 infections of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causesCOVID-19, in the country. Meanwhile, the number of fatalities was kept at 115.
Meanwhile, an additional 539 cases wererecorded in the Philippines, the largest single-day increase since the virus emergedin the country in January, bringing the total number to 15,588. The death toll also rose to 921 after 17 more patients succumbed to the viraldisease.
Patients fully recovering from COVID-19 there reached 3,598, including92 new recoveries.
In Indonesia, the Ministry of Health reported 687 moreinfections and 23 more deaths, raising the respective figures to 24,538 and1,496. The archipelago nation had 6,240 recovered patients as of May 28./.
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