Indonesian Health Ministry official Achmad Yurianto said the number of new cases in the country was augmented by 337 new infections, also the highest daily number, brings the total to 3,293.
Health experts say Indonesia faces a surge in cases due to the government's slow response to the scale of the outbreak in the largest country in Southeast Asia.
Indonesia has imposed "large-scale social restrictions", but President Joko Widodo refused to apply the type of hard lockdown implemented by the neighboring countries and only allow regions such as Jakarta to use more power to deal with crises where there had been a surge in cases.
Researchers at the University of Indonesia have estimated the death toll could reach 140,000 deaths and 1.5 million cases in May if no more stringent restrictions were placed on movement and gathering.
Indonesia has increased the number of tests to 16,511 on Wednesday, but for a country with a population of more than 260 million people it has one of the lowest testing rates in the world.
Compared to neighboring Malaysia, with only 32 million people, it has conducted 69,675 tests.
Thousands of motorists queue at a toll gate in Surabaya, Indonesia, as they travel to their home towns to celebrate the Eid al-Fitr holidays – 2017. Source: AAP
President Jokowi said the government saw that 'mudik' could cause the spread of Covid-19 from Jabodetabek to its destination.
Therefore the government is providing a number of social assistance programs, both to Jabodetabek residents and those outside the region, over the next three months, to keep them from going home but rejecting calls for a ban on "going home" for the community.
