Attention! Reaching 111 People, DKI Jakarta Records The Most Addition Of Daily Positive Cases Of COVID-19

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JAKARTA - The Task Force (Satgas) for Handling COVID-19 reported that the largest daily addition of confirmed cases of COVID-19 was in DKI Jakarta Province, reaching 111 people on Sunday, at 12.00 WIB.

Data from the COVID-19 Task Force received from Jakarta on Sunday noted that the addition of cases in DKI Jakarta was followed by 36 people in West Java, 35 in East Nusa Tenggara, 22 in East Java, and 20 in Central Java.

The positive confirmed cases increased the number of daily national COVID-19 cases to 314 cases, bringing the total positive confirmed cases since March 2020 to 4,253,412 people.

Meanwhile, it was recorded that the most daily recovered COVID-19 patients were reported in DKI Jakarta Province with 121 people, Lampung 33 people, Central Java 28 people, West Java 24 people, and East Java 20 people.

Thus, nationally, the daily cure rate increased by 331 people, bringing the total to 4,101,547 people.

While the addition of the most death cases in East Java Province with three people, West Java and Central Java with two people each, Riau, Lampung, Bali, and Central Kalimantan with one person each.

It was recorded that the total daily death cases nationally amounted to 11 people today (21/11), bringing the total to 143,739 people.

The COVID-19 Task Force also noted that the number of active cases which included COVID-19 sufferers who were still undergoing treatment and self-isolation today was 8,126 active cases, a decrease of 28 people compared to the previous day, November 20.

In addition, there are also 3,602 people who fall into the suspect category. These results were obtained after testing today on 239,180 specimens from 153,816 people examined in hundreds of laboratory networks throughout Indonesia.

The daily specimen positivity rate is 0.16 percent and the daily person positivity rate is 0.20 percent.

Previously, the Acting Director-General of Disease Prevention and Control at the Ministry of Health, Maxi Rein Rondonuwu, said the government would continue to monitor and be aware of the increase in COVID-19 cases in Europe and the United States even though Indonesia is starting to get under control.

"The increase in cases, especially in the European region of seven percent, 10 percent increase in deaths," said Maxi.

Maxi said the Delta variant was the cause of the increase in cases, which amounted to 99.64 percent of the total "sequencing" carried out in the last 60 days.

He emphasized that in order to prevent this from happening in Indonesia, prevention strategies need to be continued, namely wearing masks, washing hands, maintaining distance, reducing mobility, and avoiding crowds.

In addition, inspection (tracing), checking (testing), and treatment (treatment) need to be strengthened so that the pandemic remains under control.