Surpass the Philippines, Corona Cases in Indonesia are the Highest in Southeast Asia

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Jakarta – Corona cases in Indonesia have now reached 349,160. This figure makes Indonesia the country with the highest corona cases in Southeast Asia.

Based on data from the COVID-19 Handling Task Force, Thursday (15/10/2020), positive cases of Corona today increased by 4,411. The total number of corona cases in Indonesia was 349,160 cases. Meanwhile, 12,268 people died and 273,661 recovered.

With this total number, corona cases in Indonesia are the highest in Southeast Asia. Indonesia has overtaken the number of corona cases in the Philippines.

Based on Worldometers and WHO data as per October 15, the Philippines recorded 2,261 new corona cases. The total number of cases in the Philippines has now reached 348,698 cases.

Back to the corona case in Indonesia. The number of suspected cases today is slightly higher than what was monitored on Wednesday (14/10). Yesterday, the government monitored the number of Corona suspects at 154,420.

The most additional cases today are still occurring in DKI Jakarta, with 1071 cases, with the total accumulative cases are 91,337.

Then, the second largest is West Java, with an additional 590 cases, bringing the total current cases are 29,119. Then, Central Java, which increased by 472, bringing the total cases until today with 27 cases.