( Jakarta, 20th Sept 2020 ) The number of coronavirus cases in Indonesia hit a new high yesterday, with 4,168 new confirmed cases, the largest number since the outbreak; the total number of cases reached 240,687. There were 9448 deaths.
This is the first time since the first confirmed case was discovered on March 2, the number of new confirmed cases in a single day has exceeded 4,000. Moreover, Indonesia has had more than 3,000 new cases in a single day for nearly half a month.
The China News Agency quoted Indonesian media reports as saying that several senior government officials and hundreds of public servants have been diagnosed with coronary disease this week, and government offices including several national ministries have been temporarily closed.
This week, the chairman of the Indonesian Election Commission, Arief Budiman, announced that he had tested positive for the virus. Currently, employees of the Indonesian Election Commission work from home, and Arif, who is asymptomatic, is self-isolating.
Indonesia will hold local elections in 270 regions across the country on December 9. However, 37 of the 700 candidates have been diagnosed with coronary disease.
Up to now, more than 50 government agencies including the Ministry of Health, Ministry of Transport, Ministry of National Defense, Ministry of Finance, Anti-Corruption Commission, Ministry of Information and Communication, Immigration Bureau and other national ministries have detected the epidemic.
Source: Lianhe Zaobao
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