Indonesia logs fewest daily Covid-19 cases in over a year

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Indonesia has reported 1,932 new daily coronavirus infections, the lowest since August 2020, data from country's Covid-19 task force showed, and the government further eased restrictions in Java and on its resort island Bali.

Indonesia, once Asia's coronavirus epicentre, has reported nearly 4.2 million infections overall and over 140,000 deaths, but new cases have dropped 98 per cent from their peak in July, senior cabinet minister Luhut Pandjaitan said.

Its average positivity rate — the percentage of tests that are positive — was just below 4pc this month, under the World Health Organisation's 5pc threshold for determining whether an outbreak is under control, according to a Reuters report.

Visitors wearing protective masks watch a movie at a cinema as it is reopened after the easing of restrictions amid the coronavirus pandemic in Jakarta, Indonesia. — Reuters
Visitors wearing protective masks watch a movie at a cinema as it is reopened after the easing of restrictions amid the coronavirus pandemic in Jakarta, Indonesia. — Reuters

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