Coronavirus: Indonesians in Sumatra mourn loved ones amid fears of new hotspots

As Indonesia continues to bury its Covid-19 dead, the families behind the official statistics have been left to count the costs amid concerns of a rise in cases outside the usual hotspots on the island of Java.Indonesia’s most populous island has borne the brunt of the pandemic, and the archipelago as a whole has recorded over 1.8 million cases and more than 50,000 deaths since the start of the outbreak.But on May 13, Wiku Adisasmito, the spokesperson of the Covid-19 Task Force, said infections…

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