Indonesia reports 4,878 new Covid-19 cases and 20 more deaths on Tuesday (Jan 20); highest single day rise since Sept 21

A woman praying at a temple ahead of the Lunar New Year in Jakarta on Tuesday, January 25, 2022.

JAKARTA, Jan. 25 (Xinhua): Indonesia on Tuesday confirmed 4,878 new Covid-19 cases, the highest single-day rise since Sept 12, 2021, amid the spread of the Omicron variant in the archipelago.

With the increase, the country's tally of infections rose to 4,294,183, the country's Health Ministry said.