Indonesia reports sixth consecutive day of over 3,000 new infections

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Indonesia has reported over 3,000 new Covid-19 cases for the sixth consecutive day, just as the capital city of Southeast Asia's most populous country prepares to re-impose social distancing restrictions, Reuters reported.

New infections reached 3,636 with new deaths at 73, showed data from the health ministry's website. That brought the total number of infections to 218,382 and deaths to 8,723.

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