Indonesia reports 46,643 newly-confirmed Covid-19 cases and 258 more deaths on Saturday (Feb 27)

A worker sprays disinfectant inside a teacher's room during a pause in lessons after a case of Covid-19 was found at a school Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia. - AP

JAKARTA, Feb. 26 (Xinhua): Indonesia on Saturday confirmed 46,643 new Covid-19 cases, raising its tally of infections to 5,504,418, the Health Ministry said.

According to the ministry, the death toll from Covid-19 in the country rose by 258 to 147,844, while 41,805 more people recovered from the disease during the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of recoveries to 4,778,039.

As the Indonesian government is accelerating its national vaccination programmes to curb the spread of the virus, more than 190.67 million people have received their first doses of vaccines, while over 143.77 million have taken the second doses.

Indonesia started mass Covid-19 vaccinations in January last year after the authorities approved the emergency use of the Chinese Sinovac vaccine.

Aiming to fully vaccinate 208.2 million people in the country, the government has administered over 344.25 million doses, including the third booster jabs. - Xinhua