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Indonesia reports biggest daily rise in coronavirus infections – Metro US

Indonesia reports biggest daily rise in coronavirus infections

Women wearing protective face masks and a face shield walk
Women wearing protective face masks and a face shield walk as they shop for clothes at Tanah Abang wholesale market for textile, amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Jakarta

JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia reported on Wednesday 693 new coronavirus infections, the Southeast Asian nation’s biggest daily rise and taking the total number of cases to 19,189, according to the website of Indonesia’s COVID-19 task force.

The task force reported 21 additional deaths, taking the total to 1,242, while 4,575 people have recovered.

(Reporting by Nilufar Rizki; Writing by Stanley Widianto)