Indonesia Reports Sub-2,000 Covid Cases for First Time since August 2020

Two medical employees bring travel suitcases as they leave a makeshift Covid-19 seclusion facility at Pasar Rumput apartment complex in Jakarta, Sept. 2,2021 The facility was closed due to a consistent decrease in newly coronavirus cases in the Indonesian capital. (Antara Photo/M Risyal Hidayat)

BY: HERU ANDRIYANTO

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Jakarta. For the very first time because August of in 2015, Indonesia recorded fewer than 2,000 coronavirus cases in a single day on Monday, as the country started to reopen borders and alleviate neighborhood constraints.

There have actually been 1,932 brand-new cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of cases to 4,192,695, government figures reveal.

The last time the country saw less than 2,000 brand-new cases in a single day was on August 24, 2020.

” The everyday count represents a 98 percent decrease on the highest one-day number on July 15, 2021,” Chief Financial Investment Minister Luhut Binsar Panjaitan said in a video conference.

The minister supervises of the Covid-19 response in Java and Bali.

He included the government is better prepared this time compared to 4 months earlier when the highly contagious Delta variation began to rage in the country.

The total number of active Covid-19 cases stands at 55,936, representing a high drop from more than 580,000 active cases throughout the peak on July 24.

A more 166 Covid-19 deaths were recorded in the one-day period to take the overall casualty toll to 140,634

Luhut said no more cities and districts throughout Java and Bali are under the greatest threat level of Covid-19 at present.

He stated children under 12 are enabled to go to malls with their parents in certain cities, following another choice to reopen movie theaters.

Recently, the immigration office stated they had resumed visa services for worldwide visitors.

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