Indonesia first Southeast Asian nation to top 1 million COVID-19 cases


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Jan 26, 2021 | 3:57pm Jakarta time Indonesia officially passed 1 million COVID-19 cases on Jan. 26, 2021 Indonesia today hit an undesired milestone in its struggle against COVID-19, recording over 1 million cases — the first country in Southeast Asia to do so — since the pandemic arrived on its shores in March. The country reported 13,094 new cases this afternoon, bringing its current total to 1,012,350, including 820,356 recoveries and 28,468 deaths. It came perilously close to going into seven digit-territory yesterday, with 999,256 total cases recorded by then. Indonesia reported its first cases in March 2020. Handling...