Indonesia's Covid-19 deaths at 240, total cases nearly 3,000

Staff from the government's health authority offer random Covid-19 coronavirus rapid tests in a parking area for motorists after infections were found in the area in Jakarta on April 8, 2020. - AFP

JAKARTA (Xinhua): The Indonesian government said on Wednesday (April 8) the death toll of the Covid-19 in the country climbed to 240, the highest in South-east Asia.

At a press conference, the government's spokesperson for the Covid-19 Achmad Yurianto said that the number of confirmed cases jumped to 2,956 and as many as 222 patients have recovered from the disease.