JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia reported a record high 1,383 deaths from COVID-19 on Wednesday, according to data from the Southeast Asian country’s coronavirus taskforce.
The country also reported 33,772 new cases, taking Indonesia’s total coronavirus caseload to nearly 3 million, with 77,000 deaths. Indonesia is currently grappling with the worst coronavirus outbreak in Asia.
(Reporting by Agustinus Beo Da Costa and Stanley Widianto; Writing by Kate Lamb; Editing by James Pearson)
