Indonesia reports 337 new Covid-19 cases, 40 more deaths

Achmad Yurianto, the government's spokesperson for Covid-19, gives a press statement at the executive office of the President in Jakarta on April 8, 2020.- Antara

JAKARTA (The Jakarta Post/ANN): The Health Ministry announced 337 new confirmed Covid-19 cases on Thursday (April 9), bringing the total number of infections nationwide to 3,292.

Speaking at a press conference on Thursday, the ministry’s disease control and prevention director general, Achmad Yurianto, added that 40 more people had died of the disease, bringing the death toll to 280.