JAKARTA – Indonesia may reach a peak of coronavirus infection between early May and early June, with a predicted number of cases reported on Thursday at 95,000, the government said COVID-19 task force advisor wiku Adisasminto said Thursday .

The novel coronavirus has killed 469 people and infected 5,136 others in the South East Asian country as of Wednesday, while more than 36,000 have been tested.

Task Force chief Donie Monardo told reporters that 44 laboratories have been activated to conduct polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests, adding that Indonesia wanted to conduct 10,000 tests a day.