Coronavirus cases surpass 1,000 in Indonesia, death toll rising to 87
Taking every precaution: Medical workers spray disinfectant on Indonesian citizens as they arrive at Hang Nadim International Airport in Batam, Riau Islands, on Sunday. As the coronavirus outbreak continues to spread across China, 238 Indonesians have been evacuated from Wuhan. The Indonesian returnees will be monitored in Natuna, Riau Islands, for two weeks to ensure they are free from the virus. (Antara/Handout Ministry of Foreign Affairs). Sketched by the Pan Pacific Agency.
JAKARTA, Mar 27, 2020, Jakarta Globe. Indonesia reported 153 new positive Covid-19 cases on Friday in the biggest single-day rise since the first case was detected in late February, bringing the country’s total to 1,046, Jakarta Globe reported.
Nine more people died from the virus bringing the total death toll to 87, while 11 patients were declared to have fully recovered on the same day.
This is the first time recoveries outnumbered the number of deaths in a day.
However, only 46 patients have recovered so far, according to Achmad Yurianto, a spokesman for the government’s Covid-19 Task Force.
“The significant increase in new cases only proves that transmissions are still happening, the source of the disease remains here and some people continue to have contacts with others,” Achmad said in a daily video conference in Jakarta.
He reiterated the calls for citizens to stay at home, refrain from non-essential travels and strictly observe physical distancing with other people.
“Those measures are the only way to break the cycle of the virus,” he said.
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