A health worker (C) escorted by security personnel carries cool boxes containing Covid-19 coronavirus vaccines to a boat before they are transported to a remote island to vaccinate health workers, at a fishing port in Banda Aceh on Saturday (Jan 16, 2021). - AFP
JAKARTA, Jan. 16 (Xinhua): Indonesia recorded 14,224 new confirmed cases of Covid-19 on Saturday, the highest single-day rise since the outbreak of the virus, bringing the country's total cases to 896,642, the Health Ministry said.
The ministry also reported 283 more fatalities, bringing the country's coronavirus death toll to 25,767.
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