3. Daily Coronavirus Cases Hit New High of 14,000, Says Covid-19 Task Force
A spokesperson for the Covid-19 National Task Force, Wiku Adisasmito, said on Saturday that the new daily record of more than 14,000 confirmed cases could not be tolerated anymore.
“In the previous week, the addition of daily cases of 9,000 - 10,000 was already high. But, this week we have experienced an increase in daily cases of up to 14,000 cases,” Wiku said in a virtual conference on Tuesday, January 19.
“This cannot be tolerated,” he said.
He went on to say that the increase was contributed by the five regions with the highest confirmed cases of Covid-19. They are West Java, Jakarta, Central Java, Bali, and South Sulawesi.
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