COVID-19: Indonesia’s death toll surpasses 1,000 in 24 hours
Jakarta, July 7 (VNA) - Indonesia on July 7 recorded 1,040 COVID-19-related deaths in the past 24 hours, double the number just two days ago, the country's latest data show. This is the largest number of fatalities recorded in a day since the pandemic hit the Southeast Asian nation in March 2020.
It registered 34,379 new cases on the day, also a
daily record.
As of July 7, the country reported a total of 2,379,397 infections and
62,908 deaths, while 343,101patients were under treatment or self-quarantine. The number of new infections in Indonesia has skyrocketed in recent
times due to the spread of the highly contagious Delta variant. The rapidly
increasing number of cases is causing overloads in some hospitals on
Indonesia's most populous Java island.
Amid the complicated development of COVID-19, Coordinating
Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto said the country has imposed
strict prevention measures in 43 cities and districts in Java island and
Bali. With the new restriction measures, the government is planning to add more
hospital beds and apply travel restrictions in cities and districts, from the
island of Sumatra in the west to the province of Papua in the east.
According to Hartarto, if medical
facilities in these areas are overloaded by the influx of new patients, new emergency
measures will be applied like in the two islands of Java and Bali./.