As of 00:59 GMT April 30 there was 30,845 active cases of COVID-19 throughout the 10 Asean member countries, an increase of 946 or 3.16 per cent, on the day prior. Of this 165, or 0.53 per cent, are classified as serious or critical. An additional 321 people were discharged and sent home after successful treatment.
The Philippines yesterday recorded the most number of deaths in a 24-hour period in the region with 28 fatalities there pushing COVID-19 deaths to 558. Active cases rose to 6,631 with the addition of 254 new infections, with 31 patients classified as serious or critical. Following successful treatment and negative tests 48 people were sent home.
In Indonesia 11 people succumbed to the SARS-CoV-2 virus yesterday to bring fatalities there to 784, while 216 new cases saw active infections increase to 7,596. Following treatment 137 people were discharged.
In Myanmar one death yesterday saw the fatality total increase to six, while active cases fell by one to 117 after 11 people were discharged.
Singapore yesterday recorded 690 new cases to see active infections climb to 14,439, of which 22 are regarded as serious or critical. Following treatment 60 people went home.
In Malaysia 94 fresh cases saw the active caseload rise to 1,758, with 40 patients classified as serious or critical. Fifty-five people went home after treatment.
In Thailand the combination of nine fresh cases and 13 discharged patients saw the active caseload continue to fall, down to 228, with 61 patients classified as serious or critical.
In Vietnam yesterday a correction to the previous day’s figures saw the active caseload rise to 48 and the number of people marked as recovered fall to 222. Eight people remain serious or critical.
There was no changes in Brunei, Cambodia, or Lao PDR.
Since the first Asean case was identified in Thailand on January 12 there has been 43,215 confirmed cases of COVID-19 recorded in Asean member countries with 10,853 people, or about 25.11 per cent of all infections, having been treated and discharged.
In the past 24-hours the number of COVID-19 ‘survivors’ throughout Asean increased 3.05 per cent, while deaths increased 2.71 per cent.
There has been 1,517 deaths attributed to COVID-19 in Asean member countries, representing a case mortality rate (CMR) based on completed cases (number of discharged + number of dead) of 12.26 per cent. Based on the total number of infections the CMR is 3.51 per cent.
As of today, April 30, some 71.38 per cent of all confirmed COVID-19 infections in Asean remain active.
Global COVID-19 cases up to April 30
In the 24-hours to 00:01 GMT April 30, the number of new COVID-19 cases globally rose 2.60 per cent day-on-day (DoD) to 3,218,184 an increase of 81,678.
The number of deaths globally attributed to COVID-19 in the past 24-hours increased by 2.98 per cent DoD to 228,030, an increase of 6,593, the majority, 2,390, in the USA.
China reported 22 new infections bringing the official case count there to 82,858, with 647 current active cases and 77,578 recovered patients. There has been 4,633 deaths from SARS-CoV-2 in China.
Meanwhile, the number of people treated and discharged globally rose by 46,792, or 4.91 per cent, over the day prior to 1,000,101.
At the current rate there will be/ have been more than 4.8 million SARS-CoV-2 infections by the middle of May, with some 364,000 deaths.
Global COVID-19 top 30 countries with the most deaths up to April 30
Global COVID-19 overview up to April 30
As of 00:59 GMT April 30 there was 1,990,945 active cases of COVID-19 globally, of which some 3.00 per cent, or 59,808 people, classified as in serious or critical condition.
Based on completed cases (number of discharged + number of dead), the current CMR is 18.58 per cent. On March 15 the CMR was eight per cent. As a percentage of total infections the CMR today is 7.09 per cent.
As of April 30, 62.85 per cent of all diagnosed SARS-CoV-2 infections remain active.
Feature image Jain Weraphong
*Daily figures subject to final adjustment.
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John Le Fevre
He has spent extensive periods of time working in Africa and throughout Southeast Asia, with stints in the Middle East, the USA, and England.
He has covered major world events including Operation Desert Shield/ Storm, the 1991 pillage in Zaire, the 1994 Rwanda genocide, the 1999 East Timor independence unrest, the 2004 Asian tsunami, and the 2009, 2010, and 2014 Bangkok political protests.
In 1995 he was a Walkley Award finalist, the highest awards in Australian journalism, for his coverage of the 1995 Zaire (now Democratic Republic of Congo) Ebola outbreak.
Prior to AEC News Today he was the deputy editor and Thailand and Greater Mekong Sub-region editor for The Establishment Post, predecessor of Asean Today.
In the mid-80s and early 90s he owned JLF Promotions, the largest above and below the line marketing and PR firm servicing the high-technology industry in Australia. It was sold in 1995.
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