A health worker takes a nasal swab sample of a train passenger to test for COVID-19 at Pasar Senen Train Station in Jakarta, Indonesia, Dec. 22, 2020. The COVID-19 cases in Indonesia rose by 6,347 in the past 24 hours to 678,125, with the death toll adding by 172 to 20,257, the Health Ministry said on Tuesday. (Xinhua/Agung Kuncahya B.)
JAKARTA, Dec. 22 (Xinhua) -- The COVID-19 cases in Indonesia rose by 6,347 in the past 24 hours to 678,125, with the death toll adding by 172 to 20,257, the Health Ministry said on Tuesday.
According to the ministry, 5,838 more patients were discharged from hospitals, bringing the total number of recoveries from the COVID-19 pandemic to 552,722.
The coronavirus has spread to all the country's 34 provinces.
Specifically, in the past 24 hours, Jakarta recorded 1,311 new confirmed cases, West Java 925, Central Java 895, East Java 706 and South Sulawesi 539. Enditem
