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COVID-19: Gorontalo only province unscathed as Indonesia records highest daily death toll
Health Ministry data showed that East Nusa Tenggara had confirmed one case after previously only reporting a suspected infection. The province followed Bengkulu, which reported its first confirmed case on Mar. 31.
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An official from the Port Health Authority demonstrates proper hand-washing technique to passengers waiting at Tenau Port in Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara, on March 3. (Antara/Kornelis Kaha)
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ast Nusa Tenggara (NTT) became the latest province to confirm the presence of COVID-19 within its borders on Thursday, bringing the total number of provinces affected to 33.
Health Ministry data showed that East Nusa Tenggara had confirmed one case after previously only reporting a suspected infection. The province followed Bengkulu, which reported its first confirmed case on Mar. 31.
Gorontalo is now the only province in the archipelago that has not reported any COVID-19 infections. Local news outlets said on Monday that 29 patients under surveillance in the province had tested negative, leaving 6 people under surveillance and 1,255 under general monitoring.
Achmad Yurianto, the ministry’s disease control and prevention director general, said on Thursday afternoon that 337 new COVID-19 cases had been confirmed in the country, bringing the total number of infections to 3,292. The death toll also rose to 280 as the ministry reported the highest number of COVID-19 fatalities in a single day: 40 deaths. The figure doubled Indonesia's previous highest one-day death toll of 20, on March 26.
“This is a heartbreaking figure for us because we know that viral transmission among the public is still taking place,” Yuri said in his daily press briefing on Thursday.
Jakarta remains the hardest-hit province with 236 new confirmed cases, bringing the total tally to 1,706 cases and 142 fatalities in the capital.
