COVID-19: Highest daily fatality in Indonesia since March 11

Indonesia records its highest number of COVID-19-related fatalities in 24 hours with 127 cases, since the first death was reported on March 11.

This brings the cumulative death toll in the republic to 4,143.

Indonesian government spokesperson for COVID-19, Achmad Yurianto, said 52 deaths were recorded in East Java, Central Java (23), Jakarta (nine) and the rest in other provinces.

He added that between noon yesterday and noon today, another 1,639 new positive cases were recorded, bringing the total cases to 86,521.

"Some 37,505 patients are still under COVID-19 surveillance," he said in his daily press briefing which was aired through the official YouTube channel of Indonesia's National Board for Disaster Management (BNPB) today.

To date, East Java province holds the highest number of deaths with 1,401 cases, followed by Jakarta (736), Centra Java (323) and South Sulawesi (279).

The highest number of COVID-19 positive cases was also recorded in East Java province with 18,308, while Jakarta recorded 16,538 and the rest in other provinces.

-- BERNAMA