Indonesia has surpassed 100,000 confirmed Covid-19 deaths today, a grim milestone in a country struggling with its worst pandemic wave fueled by the delta variant, amid concerns the actual figure could be much higher, AP reports.
It took 14 months for Indonesia to exceed the 50,000 death mark at the end of May, and just over nine weeks to double it.
The Health Ministry recorded 1,747 new deaths of Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, bringing the total to 100,636.
Indonesia, the world’s fourth most populous country, has recorded more than 3.5 million coronavirus cases since March 2020. July was its deadliest month since the pandemic began, with more than 30,100 deaths more than triple the 7,914 reported in June. Its current per capita death rate is one of the worst in the region, second only to Myanmar.
