Aerial pics show chilling glimpse into Covid-stricken Indonesia’s worsening pandemic

Dramatic drone footage of the Rorotan cemetery in Indonesia's capital gives a chilling glimpse into a worsening pandemic that has seen deaths and infections soar in recent weeks, pushing hospitals to their limits.

A morbid grid of graves widens as excavators dig deep, piling up soil to make space for Indonesia's pandemic dead to be laid to rest. Credit: AFP Photo

Ambulances deliver bodies to the Jakarta burial site as trucks carry away dirt beside rows of rectangles carved out of the brown earth. Credit: Reuters Photo

Workers in protective suits lower coffins into the ground next to graves where small wooden planks serve as makeshift headstones. Credit: AFP Photo

Dramatic drone footage of the Rorotan cemetery in Indonesia's capital gives a chilling glimpse into a worsening epidemic that has seen deaths and infections soar in recent weeks, pushing hospitals to their limits.

This aerial picture shows a gravesite for victims of the Covid-19 at Srengseng Sawah cemetery in Jakarta. Credit: AFP Photo

According to the department that handles cemeteries, four of the five Jakarta Covid-19 burial grounds are now full. Credit: Reuters Photo

City data show burials on average were 17 per day in May and 105 per day in June. Credit: Reuters Photo

The aerial footage shows a huge brown clearing cut from a lush green field, rows of identical and newly filled plots. Credit: Reuters Photo

Indonesia has recorded more than 2.4 million cases of the coronavirus and 63,000 deaths overall, but the spread of the highly transmissible Delta variant has seen record cases on most days since June 20. Credit: Reuters Photo

An aerial view of burial area provided by the government for coronavirus disease (Covid-19) victims in Jakarta, Indonesia. Credit: Reuters Photo