Workers make coffins to be used for victims of the coronavirus in Jakarta, Indonesia, Tuesday, July 27, 2021. Indonesia has been showing sharp increases since late June. But the Jakarta government data shows a fall in cases and easing pressure on hospitals in the capital. - AP
JAKARTA, July 27 (Reuters): As Indonesia grapples with a devastating wave of coronavirus infections, Jakarta government data shows a fall in cases and easing pressure on hospitals in the capital, even as the situation worsens in other parts of the archipelago.
The capital, home to about 10 million people and three times that figure when counting those who live in surrounding towns, has been the epicentre of an outbreak that has pushed hospitals to the brink, with desperate scenes of people queuing for oxygen and being treated in parking lots. But over two weeks Jakarta's daily cases dropped from 14,619 on July 12 to 2,662 on July 25, according to city data, while pressure on Covid-19 referral hospitals has eased.
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