3,560 People Heal In A Day, The COVID-19 Task Force: This Is An Achievement

Spokesperson for the Task Force for Handling COVID-19 Wiku Adisasmito (Photo: Public Relations of BNPB)

JAKARTA - Spokesperson for the Task Force for Handling COVID-19 Wiku Adisasmito explained the cause of the increase in cases of recovered COVID-19 which reached a record 3,560 in one day on Monday, August 24.

Wiku said, the data recording that runs from time to time shows that cured cases are increasing collectively.

"This shows an achievement," said Wiku in a live broadcast of the press conference on the Youtube account of the Presidential Secretariat, Tuesday, August 24.

Wiku explained, the increase in recovered cases shows an improved reporting system and public transparency. Then, efforts to deal with COVID-19 by health workers and care facilities are also getting better.

"All health workers, all health facilities including hospitals learn from this case, so the results will be better," explained Wiku.

Therefore, Wiku said that the public must give positive and full spirit to health workers who are struggling to deal with the corona virus outbreak.

"They are the ones who save our brothers who are suffering from COVID-19," he said.

It is known, on Monday, August 24, the number of cases healed increased by 3,560. This figure is almost double the new cases, which at that time increased by 1,877.

The percentage of cases recovered from the total confirmed positive cases to date has reached 71 percent. In details, there were 157,859 total cases and 112,867 cured cases.