JAKARTA — Indonesia will impose two weeks of increased coronavirus restrictions in parts of its most populous island of Java from Jan.11, including the resort island of Bali, to support hospitals and reduce fatality rates, a minister said on Wednesday.

The chief economic minister, Airlangga Hartarto, said some of the measures include changes to opening hours for malls and limited capacity at restaurants and places of worship.

Indonesia on Wednesday declared registering 8,854 new cases with the novel coronavirus in addition to 187 newly registered deaths.

The ministry of health said in a statement the caseload of infections reached 788,402 while mortalities amounted to 23,296.

In Malaysia, authorities recorded 2,593 new infection cases with the germ in addition to four new deaths. The local ministry of health reported the caseload of the cases hit 125,438 while the fatalities amounted to 513.

In the Philippines, the local health department reported 1,047 new cases and 26 deaths with the contagion during the past hours. It put the whole number of the infection cases at 480,737 and the death toll at 9,347. — Agencies