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Indonesia posted another record in daily coronavirus infections on Wednesday, as the national COVID-19 task force confirmed 5,534 new cases in the past 24 hours, shortly after the country observed several massive concentration violations.
The previous record was on November 13 when authorities confirmed 5,444 new cases across the archipelago, two weeks after a long weekend in late October.
Wednesday’s new cases bring the overall count to 511,836 cases across the country.
The COVID-19 task force also announced 114 new deaths, bringing the total deaths to 16,225 and 4,494 new recoveries, totaling 429,807 recoveries in the country. There are currently 65,804 active cases.
Jakarta had the highest daily number of new cases with 1,273, closely followed by Central Java with 1,008 new cases, West Java with 741 and East Java 402. However, active cases in Central Java have surpassed those in Jakarta, which now they amount to 11,746 and 8,814, respectively.
East Java continues to lead the death toll with 34 new deaths, bringing the figure to 4,249, higher than Jakarta despite recording only half as many cases as the capital. Jakarta recorded 17 new deaths, with a total of 2,578 to date.
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While the central government put Central Java’s death toll at 2,162, its official website recorded 36 new deaths, bringing the count to 3,387, revealing a gap of more than 1,000 deaths between central government data and the provincial administration.
The task force’s spokesman, Wiku Adisasmito, said Tuesday that the long weekend observed in late October had resulted in “an increase in positive cases by 17 to 22 percent between November 8 and November 22. “.
Wiku specifically singled out Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan and law enforcement officials, urging them to act on any violations of current health protocols, which require physical distancing and a restriction on mass gatherings.
The governor was recently criticized after the leader of the Front of Defenders of Islam (FPI), Rizieq Shihab, attracted a march of thousands of his supporters to the Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Tangerang, Banten, on his return from his self-exile in Arabia. Saudi.
The fire cleric staged a series of events that drew large crowds in mid-November, for which he was fined Rp 50 million (US $ 3,536) by the Jakarta Public Order Agency (Satpol PP).
The government’s handling of health protocol violations by Rizieq was met with public outcry, especially after the task force distributed face masks and hand sanitizer to the crowds who attended their event. (ars)
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