The Clarification Task Force Causes The Decline In The Number Of COVID-19 Specimens On Weekends

JAKARTA - Spokesperson for the COVID-19 Task Force, Wiku Adisasmito, spoke about the decrease in the number of specimens examined this weekend.

He said the decline occurred for several reasons, one of which was delays in data entry. In addition, this could also be due to a decrease in the number of specimens tested on weekends.

"There are several possibilities that have caused a decrease in the number of specimens examined, such as a decrease in testing on weekends or delays in input from the laboratory into the data system," said Wiku in a press conference broadcast on the Presidential Secretariat's YouTube, Tuesday, July 20.

Furthermore, the COVID-19 Task Force ensures that the government is committed to continuing to improve overall testing, tracing, treatment or 3T.

Not only that, the central government will also continue to coordinate so that the testing target area specified in the Instruction of the Minister of Home Affairs (Inmendagri) can be achieved.

"In the future, the government is committed to increasing the overall 3T capacity by coordinating and facilitating local governments to achieve their respective targets according to the instructions of the Minister of Home Affairs," he said.

Previously, the Ministry of Health (Kemenkes) released the latest additional positive COVID-19 cases per day. Of the 179,275 specimens examined, there were an addition of 38,325 new positive cases of COVID-19.

As for the recovered cases, there was an increase of 29,791 cases and 1,280 patients who died.