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Health

Indonesia reports 2,473 new coronavirus cases, 72 deaths

FILE PHOTO: Healthcare workers do a simulation for coronavirus vaccine clinical trials next week at the Faculty of Medicine at Padjadjaran University amid the COVID-19 pandemic in Bandung, Indonesia, August 6, 2020. REUTERS/Ajeng Dinar Ulfiana

Indonesia reported 2,473 new coronavirus infections on Friday, bringing the total tally in the country to 121,226, data from government's COVID-19 task force website showed.

The Southeast Asian country also added 72 new deaths on Friday, taking the total number to 5,593, the data showed.

(Reporting by Kate Lamb; Writing by Fransiska Nangoy; Editing by Ed Davies)

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