Indonesia records 689 new confirmed Covid-19 cases


Health workers wearing protective face masks look on medical records outside the isolation room for Covid-19 patients in the emergency room at Persahabatan Hospital, in Jakarta, Indonesia, May 13, 2020. - Reuters

JAKARTA (The Jakarta Post/ANN): The Health Ministry announced 689 new confirmed Covid-19 cases on Wednesday (May 3), bringing the total number of infections nationwide to 15,438.

Speaking at a press conference on Wednesday, the ministry’s disease control and prevention director general, Achmad Yurianto, added that 21 more people had died of the disease, bringing the death toll to 1,028.

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