The amount of burials in March 2020 is at least 40 percent higher than any other month in the past two years, while only 90 deaths have been reported as a result of coronavirus-related complications.
The riots came after the General Election Commission announced President Joko Widodo had beaten his challenger former general Prabowo Subianto in the April 17 presidential poll.
More than 190 million Indonesians voted, with a record 245,000 candidates running for public office, in the world's third-biggest democracy, from the presidency and parliamentary seats to local positions.
About 193 million Indonesians are eligible to vote in presidential and legislative elections on Wednesday that will decide who leads the nation.
Incumbent president Joko Widodo calls on voters to be optimistic about economy even as GDP growth stays flat.
The 32-year-old environmentalist is among a crop of young leaders seeking legislative seats in world’s largest Muslim country.
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