Jakarta (ANTARA) - Taskforce for Acceleration of COVID-19 Response recorded 790 people having tested positive for coronavirus (COVID-19), of which 58 died and one recovered since the government’s announcement of Indonesia’s first coronavirus case on March 2, 2020.

"With additional 105 new positive cases, the total comes up to 790," the government’s spokesperson for COVID-19 Response, Achmad Yurianto, remarked during a press conference here on Wednesday.

On the previous day, the number of COVID-19 positive cases in Indonesia had reached 685, while the virus had claimed 55 lives.

Translator: Taufik Ridwan, Fardah
Editor: Yuni Arisandy Sinaga
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