Indonesia records spike in Covid-19 deaths after days of confusion


Family members carry a deceased Covid-19 patient in Tambun, Bekasi, West Java, on March 3. The man died in Cianjur and was first declared negative for Covid-19. Later, West Java Governor Ridwan Kamil said the central government had revised the statement and the man was, in fact, positive for the novel coronavirus.- Antara

JAKARTA (The Jakarta Post/ANN): After days of confusion about the death toll in Indonesia, the country’s spokesperson for the novel coronavirus disease (Covid-19) reported a jump from five to 19 deaths, citing “a problem in data input” that caused a delay in reporting the deaths.

The jump to 19 occurred after three regional leaders reported their respective regions’ death tolls to the press on Sunday.

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