Indonesia reports highest number of daily COVID-19 cases since late January
Indonesia on Friday recorded 12,990 newly-confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, marking the highest daily spike since late January. - REUTERSpic
JAKARTA: Indonesia on Friday recorded 12,990 newly-confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, marking the highest daily spike since late January.
It brings the total tally to 1,963,266, Xinhua News Agency reported.
The COVID-19 related death toll added by 290 to 54,043, the Health Ministry reported.
During the time, 7,907 recovered patients were discharged from hospitals, bringing the total number of recoveries from the pandemic in the Southeast Asian country to 1,779,127.
The coronavirus has spread to all the country's 34 provinces.
Specifically, in the past 24 hours, Jakarta recorded 4,737 newly-confirmed cases, West Java 2,791, Central Java 1,331, East Java 731 and Yogyakarta 592.
No new cases were detected in Maluku province.
-- BERNAMA
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