Coordinating Minister Airlangga Calls COVID-19 Cases Outside Java-Bali Decreased By 89-98 Percent

Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto and Minister of Health Budi Gunadi Sadikin (ANTARA)

JAKARTA - Coordinating Minister for the Economy Airlangga Hartarto said the decline in the number of active COVID-19 cases on November 14, 2021 in areas outside Java and Bali reached 89-98 percent compared to the peak period on August 6, 2021.

"Overall, compared to the peak, it fell between 89-98 percent," said Airlangga after a limited meeting (ratas) chaired by President Joko Widodo at the Presidential Office, Jakarta, Antara, Monday, November 15.

Specifically for areas outside Java-Bali, the number of active cases reached 48.1 percent of the total national active cases. If broken down by island, continued Airlangga, the total recovery rate of patients on the island of Sumatra reached 96.17 percent, and the death rate (fatality rate) was 3.58 percent.

For the Nusa Tenggara region, the recovery rate reached 97.47 percent and the death rate reached 2.35 percent. While on the island of Borneo, the cure rate is 96.75 percent and the death rate is 3.17 percent.

Then on the island of Sulawesi, the cure rate reached 97.2 percent and the death rate was 2.63 percent. Meanwhile in Maluku-Papua, the recovery rate is 95.97 percent and the death rate is 1.7 percent.

Based on the evaluation of the COVID-19 pandemic conditions until November 14, 2021, Airlangga said, there are no provinces that run PPKM level four and level three. Meanwhile, 25 provinces are at level two and two are at level one.

"Then from the regency/city, there is no PPKM level four. Then for level three there are five regencies/cities, 207 regencies/cities at level two, and 174 regencies/cities at level one," said Airlangga.