JAKARTA, March 18, 2020, SPA -- Indonesia announced on Wednesday 55 new coronavirus cases, taking the total to 227 in the Southeast Asian nation and marking the biggest daily rise in positive cases, Reuters reported. Achmad Yurianto, a health ministry official, also told a news conference that the number of deaths from the disease rose to 19, with deaths recorded in seven different provinces, while 11 patients had recovered. --SPA 12:39 LOCAL TIME 09:39 GMT 0011 www.spa.gov.sa/w1290284