FILE PHOTO: Healthcare employees in protective equipment sit inside an ambulance as they leave after gathering swab samples to be tested for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at a standard textile market in Jakarta, Indonesia, July 2,2020 REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia reported 1,671 brand-new coronavirus cases on Saturday, bringing the overall count to 74,018, Health Ministry main Achmad Yurianto informed a televised news rundown.
Deaths from the virus increased by 66 on Saturday, bringing the total tally to 3,535, he stated, while 34,719 people have recuperated.
Reporting by Agustinus Beo Da Costa; Editing by Raju Gopalakrishnan
Reuters.