Indonesia reports 5,907 new COVID-19 cases, 127 new deaths

Xinhua News Agency

JAKARTA, May 24  — The COVID-19 cases in Indonesia rose by 5,907 within one day to 1,781,127, with the death toll adding by 127 to 49,455, the Health Ministry said on Monday.

According to the ministry, 5,234 more people were discharged from hospitals, bringing the total number of recovered patients to 1,638,279.

The virus has spread to all the country’s 34 provinces.

Specifically, within the past 24 hours, West Java recorded 1,420 new cases, Central Java 905, Jakarta 819, Riau 665, and Riau Islands 247.

No new positive cases were found in three provinces, namely North Sulawesi, West Sulawesi and Maluku. (Xinhua) -jlo

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