South Sulawesi Becomes The Province With The Highest Increase In COVID-19 Recovery In The Last Week

Wiku Adisasmito, Spokesperson for the Task Force for Handling COVID-19

JAKARTA - Spokesperson for the Task Force for Handling COVID-19 Wiku Adisasmito said that South Sulawesi was the province with the highest increase in the number of cases of COVID-19 in the past week.

Based on data from the Task Force as of December 27, 2020, the accumulated cases of recovery in South Sulawesi last week were 804 cases and this week there were 4,003 recoveries.

"The highest weekly increase in recovery was in South Sulawesi Province, which rose 3,199 from last week to this week," Wiku said in the Presidential Secretariat Youtube broadcast, Tuesday, December 29.

The second increase in recovery was in DKI Jakarta with the accumulated healings last week of 9,349 and this week there were 11,667 recoveries. DKI experienced an increase in 2,328 recoveries.

Third, Papua with accumulated healings last week as many as 55 and this week as many as 860 cures. Papua experienced an increase of 805 cures in one week.

Fourth, South Sumatra, with last week's accumulated healings of 225 and this week there were 422 recoveries. South Sumatra experienced an increase of 197 cures in one week.

Fifth, Central Java, with the accumulated healings last week of 3,748 and this week there were 3,918 recoveries. South Sumatra experienced an increase of 170 cures in one week.

"Regarding the progress of recovered cases, I appreciate the five provinces that contributed the highest recovery rates this week," said Wiku.

Nationally, the number of cures increased by 14.5 percent in the last week compared to the previous week. Last week's accumulated recovery on a national scale was 33,816 and this week was 38,735.

However, Wiku asked regional leaders with an increase in the recovery of COVID-19 cases not to be careless in handling the treatment of corona virus patients.

"Keep optimizing efforts to control COVID-19 through testing and tracing, so that they and their closest contacts who are positive for COVID-19 can be detected early. With good treatment, the chances of recovery can continue to be improved," he explained.