Indonesia reports 28,228 newly-confirmed COVID-19 cases, 1,487 new deaths
Xinhua
27 Jul 2021, 06:18 GMT+10
JAKARTA, July 26 (Xinhua) -- The Indonesian Health Ministry reported on Monday that the coronavirus cases across the country rose by 28,228 within the past 24 hours to 3,194,733 with the death toll adding by 1,487 to 84,766.
Additional 40,374 recovered patients were discharged from hospitals during the past day, raising the total number of recoveries from the pandemic in the Southeast Asian country to 2,549,692, according to the ministry.
Indonesia has the highest number of COVID-19 cases and deaths in the Southeast Asia region.
The virus has spread to all the country's 34 provinces and the more transmissible Delta variant has contributed to the surges in COVID-19 cases in some of the country's regions.