Lack Of Discipline Is The Main Factor Of The Increase In Positive Cases Of COVID -19 In Indonesia

Government spokesman for the handling of COVID-19, Achmad Yurianto (doc. BNPB)

JAKARTA - The government has again announced the addition of positive cases of COVID-19. Even the addition of patients today was recorded as the highest daily case, with 973 patients. Thus the total positive cases of COVID-19 in Indonesia will be 20,162 cases.

Government spokesman for the handling of COVID-19 Achmad Yurianto revealed that the increase in national cases was occurring in the East Java area. The government also revealed the cause of the increase in the number of cases added today.

"(East Java residents) are still lacking discipline and the tests (testing for COVID-19 RT-PCR and TCM) are increasingly massive," Yuri said in his short message to VOI, Thursday, May 21.

If you look at the increase in cases in East Java in a few days, the number of positive cases today has indeed reached the highest than before. On May 15, there were 58 additional cases in East Java and it continues to increase every day, with the total accumulation of positive cases in East Java reaching 2,999.

This improvement is extraordinary and this improvement is the highest. "This new case (in East Java) emerged as a result of a vulnerable group who was infected by other people who carry this virus," said Yuri.

Meanwhile, if you look at the development of cases on a national scale, there are an additional 263 patients recovered, bringing the total to 4,838 patients. In addition to the addition of cases died as many as 36 people so that it becomes 1,278 people. The number of COVID-19 infections was recorded in 392 districts / cities in 34 provinces nationally.

"The ODP cases we are still monitoring are 50,187 people, while the PDP cases we are still monitoring are 11,066 people," Yuri added.

Infographic Update on the acceleration of handling COVID-19 in Indonesia as of May 21 2020 at 12.00 WIB. # UnitedLawanCovid19 pic.twitter.com/eVG758DFRZ

- BNPB Indonesia (BNPB_Indonesia) May 21, 2020

Quoted by Worldometer, the addition of 973 new cases, suddenly made Indonesia the second highest positive patient in Southeast Asia. Where the highest number of positive cases of COVID-19 was held by Singapore with 29,812 cases, followed by Indonesia with 20,162 cases.

The lack of discipline in the community also contributed to the increase in the number of positive cases of COVID-19. For example, several violations of the Large-Scale Social Restrictions (PSBB) regulations are currently happening.

Both the McD Sarinah ceremony, the accumulation of prospective passengers at Soekarno-Hatta Airport and the CBD Ciledug Mall, can make the cluster point for the new spread of COVID-19 in the community. So don't be surprised, if in the future the Corona virus case data that is updated every day will show an increase.