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Here’s the full story on Indonesia reporting a record 2,069 coronavirus deaths over the last 24 hours.
AFP has it:
Today’s grim tally was nearly 600 deaths higher than the previous day and topped last week’s daily record 1,566 deaths, the health ministry said. New infections also shot up to just over 45,000, from about 28,000 yesterday. The data comes after Indonesia this week loosened virus curbs by allowing small shops, streetside restaurants and some shopping malls to reopen after a three-week partial lockdown.
But health experts warned it could trigger a fresh wave of cases, as the highly infectious Delta variant tears across the vast archipelago, which has overtaken India and Brazil to become the global pandemic epicentre.
Indian cricketer Krunal Pandya has tested positive for Covid-19, causing the postponement by a day of the second T20 international between India and Sri Lanka.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) said that everyone in the Indian camp are now having Covid tests to detect whether there has been a wider outbreak. The third international between the countries remains scheduled for 29 July.
NEWS : Krunal Pandya tests positive.
Second Sri Lanka-India T20I postponed to July 28.
The entire contingent is undergoing RT-PCR tests today to ascertain any further outbreak in the squad.#SLvIND