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Daily COVID-19 fatalities reach 100 as cases soar
Fatalities from COVID-19 in Indonesia reached triple digits on Friday, a level that was last seen in late September last year, as cases continue to rise, driven in large part by the highly contagious Omicron variant.
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A worker wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) rests while preparing a grave at a burial area provided by the government for COVID-19 victims as cases surge, in Bekasi, West Java on July 15, 2021. (Reuters/Willy Kurniawan)
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atalities from COVID-19 in Indonesia reached triple digits on Friday, a level last seen in late September last year, as cases continue to rise, driven in large part by the highly contagious Omicron variant.
According to National COVID-19 task force data on Friday, 100 people had lost their lives in the preceding 24 hours from COVID-19. The majority of deaths were recorded in the capital city of Jakarta – the epicenter of the third coronavirus wave in the country – with 39 fatalities on Friday.
The latest figure marked an increase from the 65 deaths and 74 deaths that were recorded on Wednesday and Thursday, respectively.
Confirmed COVID-19 cases in Indonesia have hovered at around 40,000 new cases a day over the last three days. On Friday, 40,489 confirmed cases were reported, a slight decline from the 40,618 cases the previous day.
At the peak of the Delta-variant fueled second wave that hit the country in July last year, cases climbed to more than 56,000 new cases per day.
In line with the increase in new cases, active cases – the number of COVID-19 patients that are currently in treatment or self-isolation – also rose to 312,808 cases as of Friday.
Research has shown that infection from the Omicron variant is generally milder compared with the Delta variant – previously considered the most contagious COVID-19 variant. Experts, however, have cautioned authorities against relaxing mobility restrictions as the highly transmissible variant could still drive up new cases and potentially overwhelm hospitals.
