Indonesia's Covid-19 cases decline despite return of Ramadan bustle

Worshipers pray to mark the start of Ramadan at Al Akbar Mosque in Surabaya, East Java. - AFP

JAKARTA, April 16 (Jakarta Post/ANN): Indonesia has seen a declining number of daily Covid-19 cases in the past few weeks despite the continued relaxation of pandemic rules and an increase in public mobility.

The total virus caseload has dropped around 38 percent in the past week from 15,055 cases to 9,329, while the number of active cases fell by 34.7 per cent from 98,000 cases to 64,000.