Indonesia reports 1,681 new coronavirus cases - Health Ministry official

A policeman, part of a large-scale task force enforcing social restrictions amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, walks with a face mask outside a church on the first day of its reopening, in Jakarta, Indonesia, July 12, 2020. REUTERS/Ajeng Dinar Ulfiana

Indonesia reported 1,681 new coronavirus cases on Sunday, bringing the total count to 75,699, Health Ministry official Achmad Yurianto told a televised news briefing.

Fatalities from the COVID-19 rose by 71 on Sunday, he said, bringing the total in the Southeast Asian nation to 3,606, the highest in East Asia outside China.

People wearing protective face masks sit in pews with social distancing markers as they attend mass on the first day of the reopening of a church after government restrictions were eased, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Jakarta, Indonesia, July 12, 2020. REUTERS/Ajeng Dinar Ulfiana

(Reporting by Agustinus Beo Da Costa; Editing by William Mallard)