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Indonesia’s Virus Cases Hit 2 Million as Hospitals Fill Up
- Covid-19 hospitalization rates have exceeded 70% in 87 cities
- Jakarta, other major cities are running short of medical staff
A health worker collects a swab sample from a shopper before he is allowed to enter a shopping mall in Surabaya, East Java on June 17.
Photographer: Juni Kriswanto/AFP/Getty Images
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Indonesia’s total Covid-19 cases reached 2 million with hospitals starting to fill up as the country grapples with the highly transmissible delta variant of the virus.
The government confirmed 14,536 new cases on Monday, a new record, bringing the total to just over 2 million. Deaths have begun to pick up as the Covid-19 hospitalization rates exceed 70% in 87 cities across the country, with 294 fatalities recorded in the past 24 hours.