JAKARTA: At least 48 people died of dengue outbreak in the Indonesian province of East Nusa Tenggara since the beginning of this year, local authorities said on Sunday (April 5).



The number of confirmed cases was 4,518 as of April 1, the province's administration spokesman Marius Ardu Jelamu had also told online news portal Kompas.com on Thursday.



The regional administration has declared the outbreak an "extraordinary" occurrence and the medical team in the province is already on a 24-hour alert to handle incoming dengue patients.



The dengue fever outbreak has occurred in many regions in the country since the beginning of the year, including those in West Nusa Tenggara, Lampung, West Java and South Sumatra.



The disease has infected more than 10,000 as of Sunday.



The country is also going through a state of emergency due to the Covid-19 (coronavirus) outbreak.



The Indonesian government said on Saturday that the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the country jumped to 2,092, with the death toll climbing to 191. - Xinhua/Asian News Network

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