JAKARTA:Indonesia has recorded 8,002 new cases of COVID-19 within a period of 24 hours, bringing the total number of cases in the republic to 735,124.

The highest number of new cases so far at 8,369 was recorded on Dec 3.

Based on information available on the official Twitter account of the Indonesian National Agency for Disaster Management today, 603,741 patients have recovered while another 67,615 are still being monitored.

Between noon yesterday and noon today, 241 more deaths were recorded, bringing the cumulative number in the republic to 21,944.

Jakarta province has recorded the highest total number of positive cases so far with 181,713 including 2,053 new cases, while East Java has reported 5,762 deaths, the highest number to date.

-- BERNAMA