Latest COVID-19 developments in Asia, Latin America and Oceania

Asia:

Japan is set to announce a state of emergency on Tuesday. A total of 4,100 coronavirus cases and 97 deaths were detected in Japan as of 10 a.m. Tuesday.

The Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday approved the extension of lockdown and home quarantine measures until the end of April.

Indonesia's health minister approved a large-scale social distancing proposal for Jakarta. The Jakarta administration can now take any restrictive measures deemed necessary to curb the virus spread.

South Korea reported 47 new confirmed cases, taking the nationwide tally to 10,331. Also, six more deaths were confirmed, lifting the death toll to 192.

Thailand reported 38 new coronavirus infections and the death of a 54-year-old man on Tuesday. Thailand's tally currently stands at 2,258 infections and 27 deaths. 824 patients have recovered so far.

Latin America:

Mexico recorded its biggest daily jump of coronavirus cases of 296, bringing the country's total to 2,439. So far, 125 COVID-19 patients have died.

Colombia will extend its nationwide quarantine until April 27 which was originally set to last 19 days and end before midnight on April 13. The country has over 1,500 confirmed cases and 46 deaths linked to the coronavirus so far.

Panama has registered 112 new coronavirus infections, bringing its total to 2,100 confirmed cases and 55 deaths.

Oceania:

New Zealand reported 32 new confirmed cases on Tuesday, bringing the total number of confirmed and probable infections to 1,160. Only one fatality was identified in New Zealand.

Also, the country's health minister, David Clark, was demoted after going on a beach trip, a move breaking the nationwide lockdown rules.

As of Tuesday morning, Australia registered 5,844 cases, out of which 42 were fatal. The South New Wales State is the hardest hit with over 2,600 cases detected.

Fiji confirmed on Tuesday one more new COVID-19 case, bringing the total number of 15 cases. All of those 15 patients remain in stable condition.