Latest developments on coronavirus in Asia

Thailand has 89 new coronavirus infections on Saturday, taking its tally to 411. At least 44 patients have recovered and been discharged from hospitals.

India has confirmed a total of 258 cases of COVID-19 as of Saturday morning, according to local health authorities. 

Singapore reported its first two deaths of novel coronavirus – a 75-year-old Singaporean woman and a 64-year-old Indonesian man. 

South Korea has reported 147 more cases of novel coronavirus, taking the country's total to 8,799 as of Friday midnight. So far, 102 people have died from the virus in the country, mostly elderly. A total of 2,612 people have been discharged from hospital.

Japan confirmed 1,016 cases of COVID-19 as of Friday evening, and the death toll in the country from the coronavirus currently stands at 43. Among the confirmed cases, the majority are in Japan's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido, according to reports.