Grim milestone for Indonesia as coronavirus cases pass 1 million mark

Healthcare workers wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) react as they prepare to treat patients at the emergency hospital for coronavirus disease in Athletes Village, Jakarta, Indonesia on January 26, 2021. - Reuters

JAKARTA, Jan 26 (Reuters): Indonesia surpassed a million confirmed coronavirus cases on Tuesday, a grim milestone for the South-East Asian nation that has struggled since last March to get its Covid-19 epidemic under control.

The world's fourth-most-populous country has recorded 1,012,350 cases, with the average daily increase running above 11,000 for more than a week, according to official data.