The Health Ministry announced 7,354 new confirmed COVID-19 cases on Thursday, bringing the total number of infections nationwide to 643,508. According to the same data, 142 more people died of COVID-19 in a single day, bringing the death toll to 19,390. However, epidemiological modeling points to discrepancy between the report released by the ministry and the actual numbers. The model estimates that Indonesia’s COVID-19 infections have reached 88,904 a day, kompas.id reported on Friday. According to the data released by the national COVID-19 task force, Jakarta recorded 1,690 new confirmed cases, bringing the total tally there to 158,033. Meanwhile, West Java reported 1,277 new cases, East Java 855, Central Java 620, South Sulawesi 333 and Riau 288. The task force also reported eight new confirmed cases in each Aceh and North Maluku.