Indonesia reports 479 new Covid-19 cases, six more deaths as govt confirms Omicron cases goes above 300

Pilgrims wearing protective face masks queue at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, as Indonesian Muslims depart for Umrah pilgrimage trip for the first time since the beginning of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Tangerang, near Jakarta, Indonesia, January 8, 2022, in this photo taken by Antara Foto via Reuters

JAKARTA, Jan 8 (Xinhua): Indonesia confirmed 479 new Covid-19 cases on Saturday, raising the country's tally of infections to 4,265,666, according to the Health Ministry.

The ministry reported that the death toll from Covid-19 in the country rose by six to 144,127, while 175 more people recovered from the disease during the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of recoveries to 4,115,747.