Indonesia has recorded 2,473 COVID-19 new cases within 24 hours, bringing the tally of positive cases to 121,226.

Based on the Indonesian government's official website on COVID-19, www.covid19.go.id today, 80,200 patients were still being monitored for the viral infection.

Between noon yesterday and noon today, 72 more deaths were reported, bringing the total number in the republic to 5,593.

Jakarta Province has now recorded the biggest number of positive cases at 24,601, followed by East Java (24,493) and the rest occurred in the 32 other provinces.

However, East Java Province still has the highest number of deaths so far at 1,834, followed by Jakarta (913), Central Java (709), South Sulawesi (334) and the rest of the provinces.

-- BERNAMA