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Jakarta Burials Hit Pandemic Record as Delta Variant Spreads
- Funeral services in Indonesian capital jump to 180 in a day
- Indonesia adds more than 20,000 Covid-19 infections Thursday
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Jakarta recorded its highest demand for burial services since the pandemic began, intensifying Indonesia’s battle against a more infectious strain of the coronavirus.
Funeral services for Covid-19 related deaths in Jakarta jumped to 180 on Wednesday, a new record, Governor Anies Baswedan tweeted. The city of 10 million people is the local epicenter of the virus, with the highly contagious delta variant detected among the new cases, health ministry data show.