KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 7 -- The following are the updates on COVID-19 figures in Malaysia and other ASEAN nations as at 8 pm today.
Data on COVID-19 numbers provided by the respective countries in the region and the numbers on vaccination by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at John Hopkins University.
The Omicron variant is responsible for the rapid rise in the number of new cases in many of the ASEAN states.
* indicates no updates yet and the figures shown are from the previous day or earlier.
| COUNTRY |
TOTAL CONFIRMED CASES (Cumulative) |
NEW CASES
|
DEATHS (Cumulative) |
% OF POPULATION FULLY VACCINATED |
| INDONESIA | 4,542,601 | 26,121 | 144,636 | 48.44%* |
| PHILIPPINES | 3,616,387 | 6,835 | 54,538 | 55.32%* |
| MALAYSIA | 2,925,254 | 11,034 | 32,034 | 80.50%* |
| THAILAND | 2,507,471 | 10,470 | 22,306 | 69.58%* |
| VIETNAM | 2,358,786 | 16,815 | 38,424 | 74.59%* |
| MYANMAR | 537,901* | 332* | 19,310* | N/A |
| SINGAPORE | 397,823 | 7,752 | 871 | 83.92%* |
| CAMBODIA | 121,881 | 108 | 3,015* | 83.54%* |
| LAOS | 136,148 | 488 | 565 | 53.49%* |
| BRUNEI | 18,152 | 368 | 59 | 93.10%* |
Meanwhile, the United States (US), India and Brazil remain the top three nations with highest total number of positive cases and fatalities. Nonetheless, many countries have been reporting a slowdown in new cases and deaths in tandem with rising vaccination numbers.
Global confirmed cases number today is at 395,378,364 and global deaths at 5,741,360.
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