JAKARTA:Indonesia has recorded 3,602 new cases of COVID-19 within a period of 24 hours, bringing the total number of cases to 368,842.

Based on information on the official Twitter account of the Indonesian National Agency for Disaster Management (BNPB) today, 160,740 patients are still being monitored for the viral infection.

Between noon yesterday and noon today, 117 more deaths were reported, bringing the cumulative number to 12,734.

Jakarta province still has the highest number of positive cases in the republic so far, with 96,217 including 964 new cases.

East Java province has reported the highest total number of fatalities so far, with 3,582 followed by Jakarta (2,068), Central Java (1,607) and the rest of the provinces.

-- BERNAMA