Coronavirus: surge of Delta variant in Indonesia threatens Bali tourism reopening | South China Morning Post

Indonesia announced on Monday it would tighten movement restrictions amid a surge of coronavirus infections, fuelled by the Delta variant, that has brought the health system to the brink of collapse and put a question mark over plans to reopen parts of Riau and Bali to tourists from overseas. The country on Monday recorded 14,536 new cases, its highest daily figure yet, bringing its total number of cases to more than two million. That figure, like its death toll of nearly 55,000, is the highest in Southeast Asia. Meanwhile the percentage of tests returning a positive result in Indonesia was…