JAKARTA, Mar 29 (NNN-ANTARA) – Indonesia registered more than six million cases of COVID-19, since the first case was confirmed in the country in Mar, 2020.
Yesterday, the Health Ministry reported that, the COVID-19 cases across the archipelago rose by 2,798, within the past 24 hours, to 6,001,751, with the death toll adding by 104 to 154,774.
To date, more than 5.7 million have recovered from the disease, the ministry said.
As the country is accelerating its national vaccination programmes, to curb the spread of the virus, more than 195.95 million people have received their first doses of vaccines, while over 157.97 million have taken the second doses.
Indonesia started mass COVID-19 vaccinations in Jan, last year, after the authorities approved the emergency use of the Chinese Sinovac vaccine.
Aiming to fully vaccinate 208.2 million people in the country, the government has administered over 374.06 million doses, including the third booster jabs.– NNN-ANTARA
