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Indonesia posts record number of COVID-19 cases

Indonesia confirmed 11,557 COVID-19 cases on January 14, the highest number to date, according to the country’s Health Ministry.
Indonesia posts record number of COVID-19 cases ảnh 1A checkpoint in Malaysia (Photo: Xinhua/VNA)
Hanoi, (VNA) - Indonesia confirmed 11,557 COVID-19cases on January 14, the highest number to date, according to the country’sHealth Ministry.

This brought up the national tally to 869,600, with thedeath toll adding by 295 to 25,246.

According to the ministry, 7,741 more patients weredischarged from hospitals, bringing the total number of recoveries from thecoronavirus epidemic to 711,205.

The coronavirus has spread to all the country's 34provinces.

The same day, the Philippines and Thailand posted theaddition of 1,912 and 271 new cases, respectively.

Meanwhile, in Malaysia, given increasing number of dailycases and limited capacity of the health sector, the local health ministry hasadjusted regulations on COVID-19 contact tracing and testing./. 
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