33 Cases Increase, PPKM Status In Bekasi Regency Is Still At Level 3

BEKASI - COVID-19 cases in Bekasi Regency, West Java, have again shown an increase, although not significantly. However, with this, the PPKM level status did not rise to level 2.

Spokesman for the Bekasi Regency COVID-19 Task Force, Alamsyah, said that the Bekasi Regency COVID-19 alert level had increased along with other regions in the Jabodetabek agglomeration area, including Bogor City.

The increase in the level of restrictions is stated in the Instruction of the Minister of Home Affairs (Inmendagri) Number 63 of 2021 concerning PPKM Levels 3, 2 and 1 COVID-19 in Java and Bali. The increase in the level of restrictions is due to the increase in the number of daily cases.

"There are several additional daily cases. Not significant. Then there are no new clusters," he said in Cikarang, Antara, Wednesday, December 1.

Based on data from the West Java (Pikobar) COVID-19 Handling Information and Coordination Center (Pikobar), Bekasi Regency is an area that is included in the top five highest confirmed COVID-19 cases in West Java. As of Tuesday, November 30, there were 33 confirmed positive cases in Bekasi Regency.

Alamsyah did not explain the trigger for the increasing number of cases in Bekasi Regency, including the possibility that there was a cluster that caused the trend of cases to rise again.

Based on the results of an assessment by the World Health Organization (WHO), the increase in cases in Bekasi Regency, the Jabodetabek agglomeration area, and Bali was due to a decrease in the tracing (screening) number of each positive case.

Alamsyah said that this increase in cases caused a number of activities to be limited, including face-to-face education, which was only a maximum of 50 percent of the total capacity.

Then places of worship become 75 percent of the total capacity. Likewise, restaurants and shopping centers are limited to only 50 percent of the total capacity.

"This restriction is also in preparation for PPKM Level 3 during the upcoming Christmas and New Year holidays," he said.