Indonesia reports only 1,167 newly-confirmed Covid-19 cases and 52 more deaths on Saturday (Oct 9)

Mock passengers queue as they arrival at Ngurah Rai International Airport during its reopening drills in Bali, Indonesia on Saturday, Oct. 9, 2021. Indonesia plans to reopen the airport in the resort island of Bali for international flights on Oct 14, after closing it for more than a year because of the Covid-19 pandemic. - AP

JAKARTA, Oct. 9 (Xinhua): The number of Covid-19 cases in Indonesia rose by 1,167 within one day to 4,227,038, with the death toll adding by 52 to 142,612, the country's Health Ministry said on Saturday.

According to the ministry, 1,507 more people were discharged from hospitals, bringing the total recovered cases to 4,059,267.