JAKARTA — Indonesia on Wednesday recorded 34,379 new confirmed COVID-19 cases and 1,040 deaths over the past 24 hours, marking the highest single-day daily infections as well as virus-related fatalities since the outbreak of the pandemic. It was the third consecutive day of record new infections in Indonesia and the fourth straight day for record deaths, which brought total infections to 2,379,297 and fatalities to 62,908. Meanwhile, 14,835 patients recovered over the past 24 hours, raising the total number of recoveries from the pandemic in the Southeast Asian country to 1,973,388. As the virus has spread to all the country"s 34 provinces, Indonesia has expanded movement restrictions to cover the entire country. Tough curbs will be enforced through July 20 in 43 areas outside Java and Bali islands, the majority being on Sumatra island. The measures include a 75 percent work-from-home requirement for non-essential sectors, closure of mosques and churches, and a closing time of 5 p.m. for malls and restaurants, except for takeout. Areas outside "Level 4" emergency zones will have looser restrictions. Officials have cited "significant increases" in daily infections and active cases, with hospital bed occupancy rates for COVID-19 patients in Lampung, Riau Islands, West Sumatra, East Kalimantan and West Papua provinces exceeding 60 percent. — Agencies