⁍ Asia accounts for about one-fourth of the global caseload of 42.1 million of the virus.

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⁍ With over 163,000 deaths, the region accounts for some 14% of the global COVID-19 toll.

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⁍ Despite the Asian spikes, the region overall has reported improvement in handling the pandemic.

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– Pandemics of the new coronavirus continue to surge in Asia, with the second-heaviest region in the world now reporting more than 10 million infections and 163,000 deaths, according to a Reuters tally. Asia accounts for about one-fourth of the global caseload of 42.1 million cases. The true numbers are likely much higher, experts say, given deficiencies in testing and potential underreporting in many countries. The true numbers of cases and deaths are likely much higher, experts say, given deficiencies in testing and potential underreporting in many countries. Despite the Asian spikes, the region overall has reported improvement in handling the pandemic in recent weeks, with daily caseloads slowing in places like India—a sharp contrast to the COVID-19 resurgence seen in Europe and North America. Within the region, South Asia led by India is the worst affected, with nearly 21% of the reported global coronavirus cases and 12% of deaths. This contrasts with countries like China and New Zealand that have crushed infections and Japan, where COVID-19 had been stubbornly entrenched but not accelerating. India is the worst-hit country in the world after the United States, although infections are slowing in the world’s second-most populous country. India is reporting more than 57,000 cases of the virus a day, viewed on a weekly average, with 58 new cases per 10,000 people in Asia’s third-largest economy. India is averaging 764 COVID-19 deaths a day, the worst in the world and accounting for one in every 13 global pandemic deaths.