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Indonesia reports least daily COVID-19 cases in over a year
Late last week, Coordinating Maritime Affairs and Investment Minister Luhut Binsar Panjaitan said the addition of confirmed cases of COVID-19 had dropped by 94.5 percent since a peak in mid-July.
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Blue sky is seen above the usually polluted Jakarta on July 2, 2021, after several days of residents restricting themselves from leaving their homes for fear of contracting the delta variant of the COVID-19 coronavirus and a day before the implementation of emergency restrictions on community activities from July 3 to 20. (AFP/BAY ISMOYO)
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span class="highlight" data-qa-component="highlight-text">Indonesia on Monday reported 1,932 new daily coronavirus infections, the lowest since August 2020, data from country's COVID-19 task force showed, with deaths at 166.
Late last week, Coordinating Maritime Affairs and Investment Minister Luhut Binsar Panjaitan said the addition of confirmed cases of COVID-19 had dropped by 94.5 percent since a peak in mid-July.
"We are happy today that the reproduction rate is below 1... It is the lowest during the pandemic and is indicating the pandemic is under control," Luhut told a news conference.
Other positive signs included the national hospital bed occupancy rate falling below 15 percent, while the positivity rate, or the proportion of people tested who are positive, was at less than 5 percent, he said.
Luhut said Indonesia may allow foreign tourists to start returning to the popular resort island of Bali and other parts of the country by October.
On Thursday, President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo said that the government would roll out a number of steps in the coming months to boost the country's defense against COVID-19, including by proposing a ban on year-end holiday travel and the implementation of a booster-shot vaccination policy later this year.
