Coordinating Minister Airlangga: Active COVID-19 Cases Outside Java-Bali Contribute 61.95 Percent Of National Cases

JAKARTA - Coordinating Minister for the Economy Airlangga Hartarto revealed that active cases of COVID-19 are dominated by distribution outside the Java-Bali region. According to his records, cases in a number of areas other than the Java-Bali region accounted for 61.95 percent of all national cases.

"If we look at the Sumatra case, the recovery rate has reached 93.52 percent. Then the case fatality rate is 3.49 percent, and active cases from September 9 to 19 decreased by 80.52 percent," he said during a virtual conference on Monday, September 20.

Then related to Nusa Tenggara, Airlangga informed that the recovery rate was 95.78 percent, the fatality rate was 2.3 percent, and the daily case decline was 86.75 percent.

"Then Kalimantan's recovery rate is 94.27 percent, the fatality rate is 3.15, and the case decline is minus 81.48 percent," he said.

Furthermore, Sulawesi's recovery rate was recorded at 94.61 percent, the fatality rate was 2.61 percent, and the decline in cases from September 9 to 17 was 81.13 percent.

Meanwhile, Maluku and Papua have a cure rate of 95.59 percent, a fatality rate of 1.6 percent, and a decrease in cases of 87.71 percent.

“So if we look at the national cure rate, it is 95 percent, and outside Java-Bali it is 94.17 percent. Then the national average death rate outside Java-Bali is 3.07 percent compared to the national average of 3.3 percent," he explained.

On that occasion, Airlangga also announced that the government had decided to extend the period of the Community Activity Restrictions (PPKM) outside Java for the next two weeks.

"Earlier, in accordance with the direction of the President, the PPKM will be extended for the next two weeks, starting from September 21 to October 4, 2021," he said.