About 11 million people could be driven into poverty in East Asia and the Pacific as a result of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic that has impacted over 7,80,000 people and killed more than 37,000 globally, the World Bank has warned.

The Washington-based global lender, in a report released on Monday, said that prior projections had estimated that nearly 35 million people would escape poverty in East Asia and the Pacific in 2020, including over 25 million in China alone.