Indonesia's COVID-19 infections breach 20,000 mark, highest single day tally recorded

Indonesia's COVID-19 case tally breached the 20,000 mark today, after 973 new cases were reported overnight, the highest single-day tally recorded since the country's first case was confirmed on March 2.

Indonesian government spokesman on COVID-19, Achmad Yurianto said with the 973 new cases, the infection tally now stands at 20,162 cases.

"Over the past 24 hours from noon yesterday, 36 more fatalities were reported, which brings the death toll to 1,278 fatalities," he said.

Jakarta province still has the highest number of deaths so far with 481, followed by East Java (241), West Java (124) while the rest were from other regions in the country.

The large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) in Jakarta, which began on March 15, is still in force until June 4.

-- BERNAMA