HONG KONG, May 15 (Xinhua) -- The following are the latest developments of the COVID-19 pandemic in Asia-Pacific countries on Friday:

NEW DELHI -- The total number of COVID-19 cases in India surpassed the 80,000 mark, reaching 81,970 in the country, and the number of COVID-19 related deaths rose to 2,649, said the official data issued by the federal health ministry.

The ministry said 100 new deaths due to COVID-19, besides fresh 3,967 positive cases were reported since Thursday in the country.

"The number of active cases in the country right now is 51,401," reads the information.

Photo taken with a cellphone shows people enjoying their weekend life near Hongik University in Seoul, South Korea, May 3, 2020. (Xinhua/Wang Jingqiang)

SEOUL -- South Korea reported 27 more cases of the COVID-19 compared to 24 hours ago as of 0:00 a.m. Friday local time, raising the total number of infections to 11,018.

The daily caseload hovered around 30 for six straight days as a cluster infection was found from clubs and bars at the multicultural neighborhood of Itaewon in Seoul.

No death was confirmed, leaving the death toll at 260. The total fatality rate stood at 2.36 percent.

People walk at a park in Wellington, New Zealand, May 14, 2020. (Xinhua/Guo Lei)

WELLINGTON -- New Zealand reported one more case of COVID-19 after three consecutive days of zero cases in the country, said a statement of the Ministry of Health.

This means New Zealand's combined total of confirmed and probable cases is now 1,498, of which 1,148 are confirmed, it said.

Friday's case was linked to the Marist cluster in Auckland and was identified through recent follow-up testing of the school community. The person first had symptoms nearly two months ago and had a previous negative test. The result is considered a "weak positive" and the person, who has been in isolation through the lockdown period, is not considered infectious at present, according to the ministry.

A man walks past a COVID-19 fight poster in the capital city of Hanoi, Vietnam, April 1, 2020. (VNA/Handout via Xinhua)

HANOI -- Vietnam's Ministry of Health confirmed 24 new cases of COVID-19 infection, bringing the total in the country to 312, with no deaths reported.

The 24 new patients, aging from 24 to 48, were on a same flight from Russia to Vietnam on Wednesday, said the ministry, noting that they are now treated in the northern provinces of Thai Binh and Quang Ninh.

Vietnam has 131 suspected cases with over 12,000 being monitored and quarantined, while 260 had totally recovered from the COVID-19 as of Friday morning, according to the Ministry of Health.

Photo taken on March 23, 2020 shows a restaurant only providing takeaway service in Canberra, Australia. (Photo by Chu Chen/Xinhua)

MANILA -- The global economy could suffer between 5.8 trillion U.S. dollars and 8.8 trillion U.S. dollars in losses -- equivalent to 6.4 percent to 9.7 percent of global gross domestic product (GDP) -- as a result of COVID-19 pandemic, said a new report released by the Asian Development Bank (ADB).

The report, Updated Assessment of the Potential Economic Impact of COVID-19, found that economic losses in Asia and the Pacific could range from 1.7 trillion U.S. dollars under a short containment scenario of 3 months to 2.5 trillion U.S. dollars under a long containment scenario of 6 months, with the region accounting for about 30 percent of the overall decline in global output.

The new analysis updates findings presented in the Asian Development Outlook (ADO) 2020 published in April, which estimated COVID-19's global cost to range from 2.0 trillion U.S. dollars to 4.1 trillion U.S. dollars.

The report projected global employment to decline between 158 million and 242 million jobs, with Asia and the Pacific comprising 70 percent of total employment losses.■