Indonesia reports record 21,095 new COVID-19 cases
27 June, 2021
Indonesia recorded its biggest daily upsurge in COVID-19 cases on Saturday (Jun 26) with 21,095 cases, taking the national tally to 2,093,962, according to data from the country’s health ministry.
The info showed 358 more COVID-19 deaths, taking the total to 56,729.
Indonesia gets the highest number of COVID-19 cases and deaths in Southeast Asia.
Indonesia’s Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin said on Friday that more hospitals and beds have already been prepared in Jakarta to handle another surge of COVID-19 cases, while assuring the general public that there is satisfactory oxygen supply on Java island.
The government is also readying new makeshift COVID-19 hospitals in Jakarta. They'll be located within the federal government subsidised housing complexes of Nagrak and Pasar Rumput, and they will treat asymptomatic patients and the ones with mild symptoms.
Indonesia is battling an influx of COVID-19 cases following last month’s Idul Fitri holiday where people returned with their hometowns and throngs of individuals crowded tourist spots.
President Joko Widodo has set a target for 7.5 million out of 10.5 million persons in Jakarta to be vaccinated against COVID-19 by the finish of August.
While Jokowi, as the president is popularly known, acknowledged that the mark is pretty ambitious, he said the vaccination needed to be done to attain herd immunity in the capital.
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