Mainland Chinese stocks gained in early trade, with the Shanghai composite up 0.15% and the Shenzhen component adding 0.2%. The Shenzhen composite was also 0.152% higher. Hong Kong's Hang Seng index also advanced 0.16%.
In Japan, the Nikkei 225 hovered above the flatline while the Topix index was 0.34% lower. Shares of conglomerate Softbank Group continued to see gains after Wednesday's surge, gaining 0.71% in morning trade. The moves came upward despite the firm posting a near wipe out of its quarterly profit.
Meanwhile, South Korea's Kospi added 0.58%. Shares in Australia were also higher in morning trade, with the S&P/ASX 200 up 0.12%.
Overall, the MSCI Asia ex-Japan index rose 0.21%.
The moves regionally came as China's Hubei province on Thursday reported a spike in the number of new coronavirus cases, after the province said it started to include "clinically diagnosed" cases in its tally.
"I think the market's got to grapple with this ... new method ... of calculating cases," Chris Watling, CEO of Longview Economics, told CNBC 's "Squawk Box" on Thursday.( CNBC )
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