More than 11,500 people were displaced in flash floods and a subsequent landslide in the Sentani area of the provincial capital, Jayapura, earlier this month.
As many as 94 people remain missing, according to state media TVRI. A state of emergency will remain in place until Friday.
At a coordination meeting held over the weekend, Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) head Sunarbowo Sandi told local media that workers were focused on "efforts to speed up handling and support for the rescue operations by the PMI during the emergency response period."
Rosemarie North, of the International Red Cross, told CNN that aid workers have been distributing baby kits, buckets, tarpaulins and kitchen supplies. Volunteers are also helping dig and maintain latrines for displaced people, she added.
Some areas of Papua province received more than 18 inches (450 millimeters) of rain over three three days. However authorities could not reach some of the hardest-hit areas because of downed trees, damaged roads and detritus blocking their paths.
The Papua provincial government has pledged to relocate residents living in the Cycloop mountains region, where deforestation was identified as the main reason for the floods.
The province's deputy governor, Klemen Tinal, said that the government had asked residents to stop logging activities in the Cycloop nature reserve area, according to CNN affiliate CNN Indonesia.
"People should be aware that in the future they will not carry out activities in the Cycloop area. Flash floods cannot be considered ordinary," he said.
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