JAKARTA: Indonesia on Tuesday (May 5) reported its biggest daily rise in COVID-19 infections with 484 new cases, taking the national total to 12,071.
Health ministry official Achmad Yurianto also reported eight more deaths, taking the death toll to 872.
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He added that 26,408 patients were still under surveillance for the coronavirus while 2,197 patients have fully recovered from the disease.
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More than 88,900 people have so far been tested for COVID-19, Yurianto said.
Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Monday called for "equal access" for developing countries to medicine to treat the coronavirus, as global cases pass 3 million.
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"We need to fight for just and timely access to affordable COVID-19 medicine and vaccine," Widodo said in a statement.
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