Indonesia reported its biggest daily increase in coronavirus infections with 64,718 cases recorded as of 12 noon on Wednesday, according to data released by the national COVID-19 Task Force. The figure exceeded the peak single-day jump of 56,757 recorded on July 15, 2021, during the Delta wave, the task force

Indonesia is currently witnessing the third wave of COVID-19 infections triggered by the Omicron variant, which, though less deadly, is much more infectious than the Delta variant. The country added 64,718 daily COVID-19 cases on February 16, 2022, surpassing the second wave’s peak single-day addition of 56,757 cases on July

Though the number of positive cases is continuing to increase, there are sufficient isolation beds available in hospitals currently to accommodate COVID-19 patients, Health Ministry spokesperson Siti Nadia Tarmizi has informed. “We have noted that currently, the number of patients being isolated in hospitals is still quite low,” she said

Muhammadiyah, Indonesia’s largest Muslim organization after the Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), is planning to increase the number of beds available at its hospitals across the country to cope with an exponential rise in COVID-19 cases. “The Muhammadiyah-Aisyiyah Hospital (RSMA) network is preparing for increasing our hospital beds,” head of Muhammadiyah’s COVID-19