Indonesia recorded 139 more deaths from COVID-19 within 24 hours, the highest so far, since the first fatality was reported on March 11.

For the period from noon yesterday until noon today, COVID-19-positive cases continued to rise, bringing the cumulative number to 91,751, including 1,882 news cases within 24 hours.

According to the latest data available on the Indonesian government's official COVID-19 website, www.covid19.go.id, the total number of deaths has reached 4,459 while 44,222 patients are still being monitored.

East Java Province has recorded the highest number of deaths at 1,496, followed by Jakarta (751), Central Java (444), South Sulawesi (287) and the other provinces.

East Java has also recorded the highest number of positive cases at 19,903, followed by Jakarta (17,621) and 32 other regions of the republic.

-- BERNAMA