People wearing masks walk on the sidewalk of Sudirman street in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Feb. 4, 2022. (Xinhua/Veri Sanovri)
JAKARTA, Feb. 4 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia on Friday confirmed 32,211 new COVID-19 cases, raising its tally of infections to 4,446,694, the country's Health Ministry said.
According to the ministry, the death toll from COVID-19 in the country rose by 42 to 144,453, while 7,190 more people recovered from the disease during the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of recoveries to 4,161,987.
As the Indonesian government is accelerating its national vaccination programs to curb the spread of the virus, more than 186.01 million people have received their first doses of vaccines, while over 130.12 million have taken the second doses.
Indonesia started mass COVID-19 vaccinations in January last year after the authorities approved the emergency use of the Chinese Sinovac vaccine.
Aiming to fully vaccinate 208.2 million people in the country, the government has administered over 321.25 million doses, including the third booster jabs. ■
People wearing masks walk on the sidewalk of Sudirman street in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Feb. 4, 2022. (Xinhua/Veri Sanovri)
People wearing masks walk on the sidewalk of Sudirman street in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Feb. 4, 2022. (Xinhua/Veri Sanovri)
A health worker inoculates a woman with a booster dose of COVID-19 vaccine in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, Feb. 4, 2022. (Photo by Agung Supriyanto/Xinhua)
A health worker wearing protective equipment takes a swab sample from a resident for nucleic acid test at a drive-thru site in Bogor, West Java, Indonesia, on Feb. 4, 2022. (Photo by Sandika Fadilah/Xinhua)
