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*Indonesia becomes country with most confirmed COVID-19 cases in Southeast Asia* - Alya Nurbaiti The Jakarta Post Jakarta / Wed, June 17, 2020 / 06:19 pm Indonesia has recorded a total of 41,431 confirmed COVID-19 cases as of Thursday, making it the country with the highest number of COVID-19 cases in Southeast Asia. With 1,031 new confirmed cases on Thursday, the country has surpassed Singapore, which recorded 41,216 confirmed cases, according to Singapore’s Ministry of Health. *Indonesia records highest number of COVID-19 cases in Southeast Asia* *Indonesia* 41,431 Singapore 41,216 Philippines 26,781 Malaysia 8,505 Thailand 3,135 Vietnam 334 Myanmar 262 Brunei Darussalam 141 Cambodia 128 Timor Leste 24 Laos 19 *Data as of June 17, 2020* Chart: JP/Karina M. Tehusijarana Source: Health Ministry Get the data Created with Datawrap <https://www.datawrapper.de/_/pRmI1> Indonesia also has the highest death toll in the region with a total of 2,267 fatalities due to the disease, far surpassing Singapore’s 26 COVID-19 deaths. Health Ministry Disease Control and Prevention Director General Achmad Yurianto said on Thursday that the new cases were still concentrated in five provinces, namely East Java with 225 new reported cases, followed by Jakarta with 127, Central Java with 115, South Kalimantan with 86 and South Sulawesi with 84 cases. Read also: *Doubts loom over Indonesia's 'travel bubble' plan* <https://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2020/06/17/doubts-loom-over-indonesias-travel-bubble-aim.html> Yurianto, however, said he remained optimistic about the country’s fight against the disease, as 16,243 people had recovered. He reiterated the importance of each individual to protect themselves from contracting the virus. “It’s important to adapt to the new normal, being productive while adhering to health protocols to stop the virus transmission chain,” he said. He added that the government kept tracing the virus “aggressively” by increasing the number of tests. To date, the country has carried out 547,811 swab tests on 339,687 people.
