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JAKARTA, Sept. 19 (The Jakarta Post): Indonesia has reported 4,168 new positive cases of Covid-19 in 24 hours, its highest level since the pandemic virus was detected in the republic on March 2.
According to data published on the official Indonesian government website for COVID-19, www.covid19.go.id On Saturday (September 19), the overall total number of positive cases rose to 240,687 while 107,863 more patients are still being monitored for the virus.
In the last 24 hours, since 12 noon yesterday, 112 more deaths have been registered, raising the number of victims of the disease to 9,448 people.
Jakarta province, which was under large-scale social restriction (PSBB) for two weeks since Monday, continues to have the highest overall infection in the country with 60,828 cases, an addition of 988 new cases.
In terms of deaths, East Java has the highest with 2,942 people, followed by Jakarta (1,527), Central Java (1,243), South Kalimantan (396), North Sumatra (394), South Sulawesi (389) and the remaining cases in other provinces. In Indonesia.
Central Java and West Java have seen nearly 20,000 cases of Covid-19 each.
Indonesia now has the second highest number of recorded Covid-19 cases in Southeast Asia. However, its death toll is the highest in the region.
The Philippines has the highest, with 283,460 cases as of Saturday, according to worldometers.info. Indonesia currently has the 23rd highest number of cases of any country in the world.
The government recently decided to implement stricter health protocols in an attempt to curb the transmission of the virus and has assigned the military and police to enforce the protocols.
The coordinating minister for Maritime Affairs and Investments, Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, said on Friday (September 18) that such measures will be in place for the next few months until the country can vaccinate residents en masse, which he expected to happen in December.
There is no proven vaccine for Covid-19 at this stage.
The minister said he was confident that the country would be able to control the health crisis starting in December, as he claimed it would begin vaccinating tens of millions of citizens at that time.
Indonesia has reportedly obtained 300 million doses of Covid-19 candidate vaccines from foreign pharmaceutical companies, including China’s Sinovac Biotech. – The Jakarta Post / Asian News Network
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