Jakarta Metro Police Prepares Ambulance For COVID-19 Patients To Hospital

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JAKARTA - Jakarta Metro Police has prepared an ambulance for people who need a vehicle to take COVID-19 patients to the hospital.

"We have an ambulance ready to help people who want to go to the hospital but don't have transportation facilities", said Metro Jaya Police Chief Inspector, General Fadil Imran, quoted by Antara, Friday, June 25.

Inspector General Fadil said his staff continued to observe phenomena that occurred in the community during the COVID-19 pandemic. Currently, many residents are constrained by ambulances taking COVID-19 patients to the hospital.

"So if this patrol team finds or the TMC 'command center' gets a report that people are asking for help, then the ambulance will pick up", he added.

More than 18 thousand new cases of COVID-19 today

The Ministry of Health released the latest additional positive cases of COVID-19 as of today. A total of 140,915 specimens were examined with the result that there were 18,872 new positive cases of COVID-19.

"The total accumulation of positive cases since COVID-19 was discovered in Indonesia has reached 2,072,867 people and active cases are 181,435", said Ministry of Health data, Friday, June 25.

Today's recovered cases increased by 8,557 cases, bringing the total to 1,835,061 people recovered. Then, the positive confirmed cases who died increased by 422 people and a total of 56,371 people.

The province with the newest cases is DKI Jakarta with 6,934 cases and a total of 501,396 cases. Followed by West Java which has 3,846 new cases with a total of 360,528 cases. Central Java has 2,118 new cases and a total of 241,936 cases. Then, East Java has 975 new cases and a total of 167,806 cases.

The province with the most recovered cases today belongs to DKI Jakarta with an additional 2,571 recovered cases. Followed by Central Java with an increase of 1,949 recovered cases, West Java with an additional 1,260 recovered cases, and East Java with an additional 509 recovered cases.

There is one province that reported no new cases today, namely North Kalimantan. In addition, the number of specimens that have been examined using RT-PCR, TCM, and antigens reached 19,283,664.