HONG KONG, May 5 (Xinhua) -- Thailand's COVID-19 tally rose by over 2,000 daily cases on Wednesday as the country grappled with its worst coronavirus outbreak so far, while over 380,000 new infections were reported in India.

Thailand's new confirmed COVID-19 cases and fatalities continued to mount. The country reported 2,112 new cases, taking the total caseload to 74,900, with 15 additional fatalities and a total death toll of 318, the Center for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) spokeswoman Apisamai Srirangsan said.

India's COVID-19 tally reached 20,665,148 with as many as 382,315 new cases registered during the past 24 hours, confirmed the federal health ministry. Besides, 3,780 deaths were also reported, taking the death toll to 226,188.

The COVID-19 cases in Indonesia rose by 5,285 within one day to 1,691,658, with the death toll adding by 212 to 46,349, the Health Ministry said. A total of 5,943 more people were discharged from hospitals, bringing the total number of recovered patients to 1,547,092.

Fiji reported four new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of cases to 125 in the island nation.

A total of 365 new COVID-19 positive cases have been registered in Afghanistan over the past 24 hours, bringing the tally to 61,162 in the country, the Ministry of Public Health said in a statement.

The National Taskforce Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control of Laos urged people countrywide to keep their guard up against the COVID-19 outbreak.

The total number of COVID-19 infected patients in Sri Lanka surpassed the 115,000-mark after over 1,800 new patients were identified a day earlier, statistics from the Health Ministry showed.

The Philippines' Department of Health (DOH) reported 5,685 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, bringing the total tally to 1,073,555.

The Philippines' Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted the emergency use authorization for Moderna's vaccine against COVID-19, FDA Director General Enrique Domingo said.

Cambodia's COVID-19 cases climbed to 16,971 after 672 new cases were reported in the last 24 hours, the Ministry of Health (MoH) said in a statement. The new infections included 667 local cases and five imported cases, the statement said.

The government of the Maldives has extended an ongoing State of Public Health Emergency as daily case counts in the country crossed 600 amid a surge of new COVID-19 infections, local media reported.

A circular signed by Minister of Health Ahmed Naseem said that a State of Public Health Emergency, first declared on March 12, 2020, will once again be extended until June 3.

Nepal's two major government-run hospitals based in the capital Kathmandu have been facing an oxygen supply shortage, authorities said.

Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) was on alert as a new locally acquired COVID-19 case was confirmed in Sydney. Urgent investigations into the source of the infection and contact tracing are underway, said the state health department.

Almost two-thirds of Australians think the country's COVID-19 vaccine rollout is not going well, a survey has found. Researchers from Australian National University (ANU) on Wednesday published the latest report from an ongoing survey of more than 3,000 adults' attitudes towards the pandemic and vaccine rollout.

South Korea reported 676 more cases of COVID-19 as of midnight Tuesday compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 124,945. The daily caseload was up from 541 the previous day, rising above 600 in three days.

New Zealand reported three new cases of COVID-19 in managed isolation and no new cases in the community. The three newly imported cases came from the United Arab Emirates, and have remained in managed isolation and quarantine facilities in Auckland, according to the Ministry of Health.

Singapore Tuesday rolled out a slew of tightened measures against COVID-19, in line with the local and global COVID-19 situation.

Starting from 2359 hours May 7, all new travelers arriving from higher risk countries or regions will be subject to 21-day Stay-Home Notice (SHN) instead of 14 days at dedicated SHN facilities, said the Ministry of Health in a statement. Enditem

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