Indonesia daily COVID deaths top Brazil as the world’s highest
Published 18 Jul,2021 via Bloomberg Politics & Policy - Indonesia has topped Brazil in reporting the highest number of daily deaths attributed to Covid-19, even as new cases start to ease in the Southeast Asian country.
There were 1,093 fatalities in Indonesia in the 24 hours through midday Sunday, the government announced via Twitter. The figure a day earlier was 1,092, while on Saturday Brazil reported 868 deaths. Indonesia said Sunday that new infections were 44,721, the least in nearly a week yet still the highest in Asia.
The current coronavirus wave in Indonesia has overwhelmed hospitals and depleted the country’s oxygen supply, even as the government adds beds and imports oxygen tanks. As the delta variant spreads through Indonesia, at least 650 people have died at home while self-isolating as they couldn’t get admission to hospitals, according to crowdsourcing platform LaporCovid19.
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