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Indonesia reports record 57,049 new coronavirus cases
The country has recorded 4.9 million cases overall and more than 145,000 deaths.
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Medical workers prepare to take swab samples from people at a drive-thru COVID-19 test station in Jakarta on Feb. 7, 2022. (Reuters/Willy Kurniawan)
Indonesia reported 57,049 new coronavirus cases on Tuesday, a record daily high, according to data from its COVID-19 task force.
The country has recorded 4.9 million cases overall and more than 145,000 deaths.
The number of daily infections surpassed the previous peak of 56,757 cases recorded in July last year during the country's Delta wave.
"The national figure for positive cases in this third wave increased sharply and faster compared to the second wave," task force spokesman Wiku Adisasmito told a press briefing.
But the death rate is far lower than during the Delta surge when Indonesia reported around 2,000 fatalities a day.
The country was severely impacted by the pandemic last year, with hospitals running out of beds and medical oxygen to treat patients.
Indonesia reported 134 new deaths from Covid on Tuesday, while the hospital bed occupancy rate is around 33 percent, compared to more than 77 percent during the Delta explosion.
The government this month imposed stricter restrictions on public facilities, offices, malls and restaurants in several cities but has progressively shortened the quarantine period for vaccinated travellers coming in from abroad.
To date Indonesia has recorded 4.9 million infections with more than 145,000 deaths.
The rollout of vaccines remains slow with only half of the 270 million population inoculated with two doses as authorities struggle to procure enough shots.
