Indonesia taped an extraordinary daily boost in the COVID-19 death toll on Tuesday with 160 fatalities, bringing the nationwide tally to 9,837
Central Java reported the highest number of deaths with 42, followed by Jakarta– the preliminary epicenter of the coronavirus break out– with 30, East Java with 25, Banten with 16 and West Java with 11.
The nation saw its confirmed cases rise by 4,071 to 252,923 on the exact same day. Jakarta logged the most with 1,236, followed by West Java with 575, East Java with 341, Riau with 253 and Central Java with 228.
According to worldometers.info, Indonesia has the second-highest variety of recorded COVID-19 cases in Southeast Asia, simply below the Philippines, which has actually taped more than 290,000 cases. Indonesia sits at number 23 worldwide.
On Monday, Indonesia saw a record one-day boost in confirmed cases with a jump of 4,176 The nation had never ever seen an everyday increase above 4,000 prior to mid-September.
The government just recently decided to carry out stricter health procedures in an effort to curb the transmission of the infection and has actually designated the military and the authorities to implement the procedures.
Coordinating Maritime Affairs and Financial Investment Minister Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan stated recently that the more stringent steps would remain in location up until the country was able to immunize locals en masse, which he anticipated to take place in December. He said the government was seeking to vaccinate 100 million people by January 2021.
There is currently no proven vaccine for COVID-19
Indonesia has apparently secured 300 million doses of prospect vaccines from foreign pharmaceutical companies, consisting of China’s Sinovac Biotech.
As cases continue to increase, the national COVID-19 task force has warned that the nation’s health system might quickly collapse if the general public continues to overlook COVID-19 prevention procedures. Doctors associations have reported that more than 100 physicians have actually passed away battling the pandemic.
