JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia reported its record daily rise in coronavirus infections on Sunday with 6,267 cases, bringing the total to 534,266, data from the country’s COVID-19 task force showed.
This was the third record high in a week for the Southeast Asian country.
The data showed 169 new coronavirus deaths, taking the total fatalities to 16,815.
Indonesia has the highest number of coronavirus cases and deaths in Southeast Asia.
(Reporting by Nilufar Rizki and Stanley Widianto; Editing by William Mallard)
