Selangor Journal
A woman wears a face mask as she walks on a sidewalk near the main road after office hours, amid the spread of Covid-19 in Jakarta, Indonesia on March 17, 2020. — Picture by REUTERS

Indonesia’s Covid-19 tally breaches 23,000 mark, death toll at 1,418

JAKARTA, May 26 — The number of Covid-19 positive cases in Indonesia has breached the 23,000-mark, with 1,418 deaths today.

The Indonesian government spokesman on Covid-19, Achmad Yurianto, said between noon yesterday and noon today, an additional 415 new positive cases were recorded with 27 deaths due to the virus.

“The number of positive Covid-19 cases in Indonesia now stood at 23,165 with 12,022 patients still under surveillance,” he said in his daily press conference broadcast via the official YouTube account of Indonesia’s National Agency for Disaster Management (BNPB).

No deaths were recorded in Jakarta over the past two days, but the province still recorded the highest death toll of 501, followed by East Java (301) and other provinces in Indonesia.

— Bernama

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