Indonesia reports 4,262 new coronavirus infections

FILE PHOTO: Visitors look at the face masks exhibition amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Tangerang, on the outskirts of Jakarta, Indonesia, November 3, 2020. REUTERS/Ajeng Dinar Ulfiana/File photo

JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia, the Southeast Asian country worst hit by the coronavirus pandemic, reported 4,262 new infections on Saturday, taking the total to 433,836, data from the government’s COVID-19 task force showed.

There were 98 new deaths, bringing the total to 14,540.

Reporting by Bernadette Christina Munthe and Agustinus Beo Da Costa; Writing by Kate Lamb; Editing by Simon Cameron-Moore

source: reuters.com