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Indonesia records highest spike in daily Covid cases

No new cases were detected in Maluku province

Indonesia records highest spike in daily Covid cases

People wearing face masks cross a street in Jakarta, Indonesia. IANS

Indonesia recorded 12,990 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, marking the highest daily spike since late January and bringing the total tally to 1,963,266, the Health Ministry said.

The death toll increased by 290 to 54,043.

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Meanwhile, 7,907 recovered patients were discharged from hospitals, bringing the total number of recoveries from the pandemic in the Southeast Asian country to 1,779,127.

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The pandemic has spread to all the country’s 34 provinces.

Specifically, in the past 24 hours, Jakarta recorded 4,737 newly-confirmed cases, West Java 2,791, Central Java 1,331, East Java 731 and Yogyakarta 592.

No new cases were detected in Maluku province.

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