Jakarta (ANTARA) - Indonesia recorded 2,880 new cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, thereby bringing the total tally of infections to 196,989 as of Monday, according to the country's Task Force for COVID-19 Response.

With 2,077 people recovering from COVID-19, the total recoveries stood at 140,652, the task force noted in a report released on Monday.

Meanwhile, the death toll reached 8,130, with 105 people succumbing to the disease within the last 24 hours.

The figures were retrieved from specimens examined from 18,412 people on Monday. With this addition of specimens examined, the country conducted examinations of 2,452,164 specimens since reporting its first confirmed cases in March 2020.

The number of suspected cases reached 89,992 as of Monday. The COVID-19 pandemic has spread to the country's 34 provinces covering 489 districts and cities.

Jakarta recorded the highest number of new cases on Monday, reaching 1,046, followed by 307 in East Java, 264 in Central Java, 204 in West Java, 173 in Bali, 133 in Riau, 92 in North Sumatra, 77 each in Banten and South Kalimantan, and 74 in Papua.

The task force also noted that 13 provinces witnessed the addition of less than 10 new cases on Monday, with eight provinces -- Bangka Belitung, Bengkulu, Jambi, West Kalimantan, Southeast Sulawesi, Central Sulawesi, West Sulawesi, and East Nusa Tenggara -- reporting no new cases. East Java recorded the highest daily death toll of 31. With 662 patients recovering from the virus on Monday, Jakarta witnessed the highest daily recovery rate.

Cumulatively, Jakarta still leads in terms of the number of COVID-19 cases in the country, at 47,379, followed by 35,941 in East Java, 15,615 in Central Java, 12,709 in West Java, and 12,695 in South Sulawesi.

With 35,454 patients recovering from the virus, Jakarta recorded the highest recovery rate, followed by 28,389 in East Java, 10,181 in Central Java, 9,746 in South Sulawesi, and 6,851 in South Kalimantan.

Meanwhile, East Java recorded the highest number of patients succumbing to the virus at 2,576 deaths, followed by 1,296 deaths in Jakarta, 1,090 in Central Java, and 372 each in South Sulawesi and South Kalimantan.

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Translator: Muhammad Zulfikar/Suharto
Editor: Rahmad Nasution
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