Indonesia logs 5,832 new Covid-19 cases as total goes above 1,856 million; moderate quake rattle Maluku Sea

A health worker inoculates a resident with a Sinovac dose of Covid-19 vaccine during a mass vaccination at a housing apartment in Surabaya on Sunday (June 6, 2021). - AFP

JAKARTA, June 6 (Xinhua/Bernama): The Covid-19 cases in Indonesia rose by 5,832 within one day to 1,856,038, with the death toll adding by 163 to 51,612, the Health Ministry said on Sunday.

According to the ministry, 4,187 more people were discharged from hospitals, bringing the total number of recovered patients to 1,705,971.

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

Specifically, within the past 24 hours, Jakarta recorded 1,019 new cases, Central Java 890, West Java 869, Riau 528 and West Sumatra 388.

No new cases were detected in Papua province,

Meanwhile, a moderate earthquake, measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale, hit the North Maluku Sea, Indonesia at 6.57 this morning.

According to a statement from the Malaysian Meteorological Department (MetMalaysia), the epicentre of the quake was 112 kilometers (km) southwest of Tidore, Indonesia with a depth of 60km.

However, the quake also did not pose a tsunami threat to Malaysia.

The epicentre with a depth of 53.22 km, was initially determined to be at 3.0167 degrees north latitude and 126.5719 degrees east longitude. - Xinhua/Bernama