Covid-19 cases continue to rise in Indonesia, eight new deaths

Officers screening documents of motorcyclists at a check-point during large-scale social restrictions to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease in Surabaya, East Java Province, Indonesia, on Tuesday (April 28). Cases are rising in Indonesia and the govt's confirmed numbers stand at 9,511 as of Tuesday. - Reuters

JAKARTA: The Indonesian government on Tuesday (April 28) announced 415 new confirmed cases of Covid-19 (coronavirus), bringing the total number of infections in the archipelagic country to 9,511.

At a press conference, the government's spokesperson for the Covid-19-related matters Achmad Yurianto said that there were also eight new deaths, taking the total number of fatalities to 773.