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Indonesia reports record daily increase in COVID-19 cases

An Indonesian healthcare worker receives a dose of the Sinovac’s
An Indonesian healthcare worker receives a dose of the Sinovac’s vaccine, at a hospital in Denpasar

JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia reported a record daily increase in COVID-19 cases with 14,224 new infections, its COVID-19 task force said on Saturday, bringing the total to 896,642.

It also reported 283 COVID-19 deaths, bringing the total fatalities to 25,767. Indonesia has reported the highest total infections and deaths in Southeast Asia.

(Reporting by Nilufar Rizki and Stanley Widianto; Editing by Jacqueline Wong)