Indonesia’s COVID-19 death toll exceeds 50,000

JAKARTA, Indonesia

With 193 more deaths on Friday, Indonesia’s coronavirus-related fatalities reached 50,100, according to official data.

Data by the COVID-19 Handling Task Force showed the province with the highest fatalities was East Java with 11,270 deaths, followed by Central Java with 9,133 and Jakarta with 7,134 deaths.

Meanwhile, 5,862 new COVID-19 cases reported Friday took the tally to over 1.8 million cases.

The number of recoveries rose to over 1.6 million, after 5,370 more patients won the battle against the virus.

The country’s Health Ministry noted that there has been a 38% increase in new cases in the past week, while fatalities have also increased by 2.7%.

*Writing by Maria Elisa Hospita from Anadolu Agency's Indonesian language services