Indonesia confirms 81 new coronavirus cases, 6 more deaths

Reuters| Jakarta | Indonesia

Updated: 21-03-2020 14:30 IST | Created: 21-03-2020 14:30 IST

Indonesia has confirmed 81 new coronavirus cases and 6 more deaths, bringing the total number of cases to 450 and deaths to 38, a health ministry official told reporters on Saturday.

This comes a day after the governor of Jakarta declared a state of emergency in the Indonesian capital for the next two weeks over the coronavirus outbreak as the death toll in the country climbed to the highest in Southeast Asia.

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