Indonesia has recorded 4,494 new positive cases of COVID-19 within a period of 24 hours, bringing the total number of cases to 271,339.

Based on the official Twitter account of the Indonesian National Agency for Disaster Management (BNPB) today, 119,379 patients are still under monitoring for the viral infection.

Between noon yesterday and noon today, there were 90 more deaths reported, bringing the cumulative figure to 10,308.

Jakarta province still has the highest total number of positive cases in the republic, with 69,224 including 1,322 new cases.

East Java province, meanwhile, has the highest total number of fatalities, with 3,102, followed by Jakarta (1,673), Central Java (1,386) and the rest of the Indonesian provinces.

-- BERNAMA