Indonesia has topped Brazil in reporting the highest number of daily deaths attributed to Covid-19 , even as new cases start to ease in the Southeast Asian country. The figure a day earlier was 1,092, while on Saturday Brazil reported 868 deaths. Indonesia said Sunday that new infections were 44,721, the least in nearly a week yet still the highest in Asia. It’s 48% in the European Union and 53% in the U.S.Indonesia -- the world’s fourth-most populous country -- has reported more than 2.8 million cases and 73,582 deaths overall. The U.S. has the highest documented cases at 34 million and deaths at 609,000.

Source: Mint July 18, 2021 12:33 UTC