Indonesia Reports 6,971 New Covid-19 Cases

Jakarta: Indonesia's Covid-19 Handling Task Force  on Friday reported 6,971 new coronavirus cases, bringing the total number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Indonesia to 1,368,069.
 
From Thursday noon to Friday noon, the total number of recovered coronavirus patients in the country increased by 6,331 to 1,182,687.
 
Within the same period, Indonesia's official covid-19 death toll was up by 129 to 37,026.

According to President Joko Widodo (Jokowi), Micro-scale public activity restrictions (PPKM) implemented in all provinces of Java and Bali islands are effective to curb the rate of covid-19 cases.



The President made the statement in statement aired on the YouTube channel of Cabinet Secretariat on Thursday

According to the former Jakarta governor, the number of weekly cases in seven provinces (Special Capital Region of Jakarta, Banten province, West Java province, Central Java province, Special Region of Yogyakarta province, East Java province, and Bali province) has seen a downwards trend.

(WAH)