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Indonesia reported a record daily high in coronavirus infections with 40,427 cases on Monday, data from the countrys COVID-19 task force showed.

Southeast Asia reported nearly 1,400 deaths on Sunday, one of the highest on a single day since the Covid-19 outbreak, collated data showed.

Oxygen supplies to Indonesian hospitals are in scarcity. The COVID-19 cases in the country rose by 35,094 in the past 24 hours to 2,491,006.

The Asean region saw 66,710 Covid-19 cases on Saturday, lower than Friday 69,472, but deaths were slightly higher at 1,199 from 1,189 the previous day.

Indonesia reported another deadliest day in the coronavirus pandemic as hospitals become overwhelmed and local oxygen supply struggles to keep up with surging demand.

Dozens of patients died when a public hospital on the island of Java nearly ran out of oxygen over the weekend, underscoring dire oxygen shortages in parts of Indonesia as the island nation suffers from a major coronavirus outbreak.

Indonesias most active volcano Merapi has emitted hot clouds four times as far as 1,300 m to the southwest and southeast, the Geological Disaster Technology Research and Development Center said Thursday.

Indonesias most active volcano Merapi has belched ash clouds as far as 2,000 m to the southeast, the Geological Disaster Technology Research and Development Center (BPPTKG) said Tuesday.

Health authorities reported 14,536 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, the highest daily rise since the pandemic hit the country last year, as Indonesia passed the 2 million confirmed cases mark. 

JAKARTA - Jakarta governor Anies Baswedan has warned that the Indonesian capital may return to a strict restriction regime as coronavirus cases surged 50 per cent in the past week amid a rise of infections of the Delta variant.

The Big Durian has been ranked as the world’s most environmentally vulnerable metropolitan, as climate change, pollution, heatwaves, earthquakes and flooding are key threats to the capital’s residents and businesses.

JAKARTA - Indonesia has sent 200 oxygen concentrators to India, which is grappling with a devastating second wave of Covid-19 infections.