JAKARTA– Indonesia yesterday confirmed 21,311 new COVID-19 cases, raising its tally of infections to 5,847,900, the country’s health ministry said.
According to the ministry, the death toll from COVID-19 in the country rose by 278 to 151,413, while 38,399 more people recovered from the disease during the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of recoveries to 5,296,634.
As the Indonesian government is accelerating its national vaccination programmes, more than 192.77 million people have received their first dose of vaccines, while over 148.79 million have taken the second dose.
Indonesia started mass COVID-19 vaccinations in Jan last year, after the authorities approved the emergency use of the Chinese Sinovac vaccine.
Aiming to fully vaccinate 208.26 million people in the country, the government has administered over 356.25 million doses, including the third booster jabs.
Source: NAM NEWS NETWORK