COVID-19 PANDEMIC: Indonesia’s Covid-19 Deaths Jump by Record 127

Jakarta. Indonesia reported 127 Covid-19 deaths on Sunday, the highest single-day death toll since the outbreak, according to the National Covid-19 Task Force.

The number of daily Covid-19 deaths has never exceeded 100 before. The highest single-day death toll was 87 on Wednesday.

It’s been the deadliest week in the country’s outbreak to date, averaging 77 deaths per day since Monday.

The death toll from the respiratory disease stood at 4,143 as of Sunday, although the actual figure could be a lot more than government’s tally as deaths from probable coronavirus cases were not included.

East Java reported 52 Covid-19 deaths — the province’s highest death toll in a day so far — to take its total fatalities to 1,401, nearly double than the total death toll in Jakarta.

New hotspot Central Java also experienced its deadliest day during the outbreak with 23 deaths in the last 24 hours, while Jakarta and South Sulawesi reported nine deaths each.

Confirmed cases of coronavirus increased by 1,639 on Sunday, taking the country’s total to 86,521. Since the start of the month, Indonesia has added 30,136 more cases, already above the overall 29,913 cases during the whole month of June.

In a more encouraging report, the number of cured or discharged Covid-19 patients set a new record of 2,133. The previous high was 1,489 on Friday.

More than 45,400 Covid-19 patients have recovered in Indonesia, representing 52.5 percent of entire cases.

Jakarta, which has returned as the country’s epicenter since last week, registered the most cases in the day, with 313 new infections to take its total to 16,538.

East Java remained on the top with 18,308 cases, 275 more than yesterday.

Central Java, which has refused to impose central government’s large scale social restrictions in favor of its own partial lockdown measures, added 300 new cases, its highest daily rise to date. Cumulative cases in the province are now close to 7,000.

South Sulawesi registered 158 new cases to a total of 8,039, while South Kalimantan reported 109 new cases, taking it closer to the 5,000 mark.

There are now 36,977 active cases countrywide, or 42.7 percent of overall cases.
.BY :HERU ANDRIYANTO

.

SIGN UP TO RECEIVE OUR EMAIL
The most important news of the day about the ASEAN Countries and the world in one email:  [email protected]

7.20.2020