Indonesia reports 4,699 new Covid-19 cases and 154 more deaths on Monday (March 21)

Visitors walking out and wearing mask as protection against the coronavirus after they arrived at the Soekarno-Hatta Airport in Jakarta. - Reuters

JAKARTA, March 21 (Xinhua): Indonesia on Monday confirmed 4,699 new Covid-19 cases, raising its tally of infections to 5,967,182, the country's Health Ministry said.

According to the ministry, the death toll from Covid-19 in the country rose by 154 to 153,892, while 20,888 more people recovered from the disease during the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of recoveries to 5,609,945.