Indonesia's surge intensifies, other Asian nations set daily COVID records

Indonesia’s daily COVID-19 cases today topped 47,000, as the government unveiled new plans to boost the oxygen supply and as other countries in Asia logged more record highs fueled by the expanding Delta (1617.2) variant spread. Elsewhere in the world, Africa’s COVID 19 deaths rose sharply, and countries in Europe took more steps to counter rising illness numbers. Indonesia looks for more oxygen Yesterday, Indonesia’s cases passed 40,000 for the first time, and today’s total of 47,899 marks a dramatic increase and is up sevenfold from a month ago, according to Reuters . The country also reported 864 more deaths….