JAKARTA, Jul 24 (NNN-ANTARA) – Indonesia’s Health Ministry reported yesterday that, the COVID-19 cases across the archipelago rose by 49,071, within the past 24 hours, to 3,082,410, with the death toll adding by 1,566 to 80,598.
This has been the highest daily number of fatalities the country ever reported, since the outbreak of the pandemic.
Additional 38,988 recovered patients were discharged from hospitals, raising the total number of recoveries to 2,431,911, according to the ministry.
The virus has spread to all the country’s 34 provinces, and the more transmissible virus, the Delta variant, contributed to the surges in COVID-19 cases in the country.
The South-east Asian nation is accelerating its massive vaccination programme, while maintaining restrictions on public mobility in several regions, amid its deteriorating second COVID-19 wave.
The government plans to relax the restrictions on Jul 26, if the situation is under control.– NNN-ANTARA
