Women wearing protective masks following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) stand outside a shopping mall at Tanah Abang textile market in Jakarta, Indonesia, November 23, 2020. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia hit a grim milestone on Monday in surpassing more than half a million cases of the coronavirus, as hospitals across the country's most populated province edged closer towards capacity.
Indonesia now has 502,110 infections and 16,002 deaths from COVID-19, the highest numbers in Southeast Asia, having struggled to contain the spread since its first case in March.
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