JAKARTA– The number of COVID-19 cases in Indonesia rose by 28,598 within one day to 3,833,541, with the death toll adding by 1,270 to 116,366, the Health Ministry said yesterday.
During the past 24 hours, 31,880 recovered patients were discharged from hospitals, raising the number of recoveries from the pandemic to 3,321,598, the ministry said.
At present, Indonesia is implementing a multi-tiered community activity restriction scheme, known locally as PPKM, aiming to reduce the daily cases of COVID-19.
The government is targeting to vaccinate 208.2 million people, using vaccines produced by a number of pharmaceutical manufacturers.
To date, at least 27.79 million people in the country have received two shots of vaccines, and the number of those who have been injected with the first doses reached 53.61 million, according to the Health Ministry.
Source: NAM NEWS NETWORK