Indonesia Still Tops Global Average COVID-19 Death Rate At 4.68%

Wiku did add, however, that the death rate in the 17,500 island nation was declining, and had done so gradually since April, when the death rate was a disturbing 8.64%.

The rates for May and June were 6.68% and 5.56% respectively with July dipping further to 4.81%, figure that the spokesman deemed necessary of “(work) to press the national COVID-19 mortality rate below the global average.”

The latest figures available show 5,452 Indonesians as having succumbed to COVID-19 linked illnesses to date, of almost 117,000 total infections and 74,000 understood to have recovered.

Indonesia remains the worst affected nation in East Asia, and currently ranks 23rd in the world in terms of total cases just behind Canada.

East Java, home of the bustling city of Surabaya is currently the worst affected area in the country with almost 1,800 total deaths at time of typing.

Amy Wu

Amy is a Taiwanese graduate student based in Phoenix, Arizona, currently home in Hsinchu to ride out the COVID-19 pandemic. She has a passion for Hakka culture, and the rights of minorities around the world. She will cover SE Asian news and topics.