Indonesia reports 4,267 new coronavirus infections, 123 deaths

By Metro US Posted on October 21, 2020

FILE PHOTO: A visitor wearing a protective face mask walks past painted art depicting John Lennon during an exhibition, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Jakarta

JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia reported 4,267 new coronavirus infections on Wednesday, taking the total to 373,109, data from the country’s COVID-19 task force showed.

It also confirmed 123 new deaths, taking total COVID-19 fatalities to 12,857. The number of infections and deaths are the most in the Southeast Asia region.

(Reporting by Nilufar Rizki and Stanley Widianto; Editing by Martin Petty)