Covid-19 Death Toll In Indonesia Hits 170

By Mohd Shukri Ishak JAKARTA, April 2 (Bernama) -- Thirteen more people died of COVID-19 in the 24 hours up to noon Thursday in Indonesia, raising the death toll from the disease to 170. Achmad Yurianto, spokesman for the COVID-19 Task Force, said 113 new positive cases were recorded during the period, taking the total number so far to 1,790. The most number of deaths - 90 - occurred in Jakarta, he said in a live broadcast carried on the official YouTube account of the Indonesian National Disaster Management Authority. Twenty-five deaths were recorded in West Java, 14 in Banten and the rest in the other provinces. -- BERNAMA