Indonesia's daily COVID-19 case numbers have surpassed those of India, making Indonesia a new virus epicenter in Southeast Asia as the spread of the highly-contagious delta variant drives up infections in the region's largest economy.
The country has seen its daily case count cross 40,000 for two straight days — including a record high of 47,899 on Tuesday — up from less than 10,000 a month ago.
Officials are concerned that the more transmissible new variant is now spreading outside of the country’s main island, Java, and could exhaust hospital workers as well as supplies of oxygen and medication.