It warned that the surge is pushing hospitals and health systems to the brink of collapse.
Seven out of 10 countries globally that are doubling their infection numbers the fastest are in Asia and the Pacific, it said.
Laos took just 12 days to see its cases double, and the number of confirmed infections in India has doubled in under two months to more than 23 million, the Red Cross said in a statement.
It said Oxford University’s Our World in Data reported more than 5.9 million new Covid-19 infections in Asia and the Pacific during the two weeks.
Official figures for much of the region are widely believed to be undercounts.
There is hardly an Asian Indian family in central Pennsylvania that does not have at least one relative in India who has contracted COVID-19, which is rampaging through the country. But organizations and doctors here are offering what help and support they can, including a free webinar tonight.
While numbers are declining in every other region globally, cases in India are still soaring and made up half the new cases worldwide over the last week.
KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA Coronavirus cases are exploding in Asia and the Pacific with over 5.9 million new confirmed infections in the past two weeks, more than in all other regions combined, the International Federation of the Red Cross said Wednesday. It warned that the surge is pushing hospitals and health systems to the brink of collapse. Seven out of 10 countries globally that are doubling their infection numbers the fastest are in Asia and the Pacific, it said. Laos took just 12 days to see its cases double, and the number of confirmed infections in India has doubled in under two months to more than 23 million, the Red Cross said in a statement.