July 08, 2021
published at 12:55 AMReuters
Ketut Nomer, a 59-year-old patient suffering from coronavirus disease (Covid-19), rests as his 28-year-old son Gede Zico sits taking care of him, at a temporary tent outside the emergency ward of a government hospital in Bekasi, on the outskirts of Jakarta, Indonesia, on June 25, 2021.
Reuters
JAKARTA, July 7 - Indonesia reported on Wednesday (July 8) more than 1,000 coronavirus deaths in a day for the first time, as a surge in infections overwhelmed parts of the hospital system in densely populated Java and with portable oxygen supplies running out in six towns.
The spike in fatalities comes amid concerns about the new outbreak spreading across the archipelago, prompting authorities to monitor daily cases and bed occupancy in 43 areas deemed red zones and urge strict implementation of mobility curbs.
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