COVID-19 cases in Indonesia surpass 12,000

Jakarta: The Indonesian government on Tuesday announced 484 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the archipelagic country to 12,071.
There are also eight new deaths, taking the total number of fatalities to 872, the government's spokesperson for the COVID-19-related matters Achmad Yurianto said at a press conference.
Yurianto, a Health Ministry official, said that as many as 243 more people have been discharged from hospitals after their recoveries, taking the total number of recovered patients to 2,197.
According to him, the latest total number of COVID-19 suspects across the country is 26,408.