Indonesia: New COVID-19 Cases Surpass 6,000, Highest Since March

JAKARTA, Nov 30 (Bernama) -- The number of daily new COVID-19 cases in Indonesia has exceeded 6,000, the highest since the first case was detected on March 2. A total of 6,267 new COVID-19 cases were recorded in the republic bringing the overall positive cases to 534,226. The National Agency for Disaster Management (BNPB) said in its twitter account @BNPB_Indonesia Monday that the number of recoveries was 445,793 while 67,836 people are still being monitored for the virus. A total of 169 deaths were also reported over the past 24 hours up to noon today (Sunday), raising the tally to 16,815. -- BERNAMA