LaporCovid-19 Finds The Gap In The COVID-19 Death Rate Central Government Is Lower Than The Regions

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JAKARTA - The initiator of LaporCovid-19 Irma Hidayana said that his party found a difference in the number of deaths from COVID-19 cases between the central and regional governments.

"We have a data gap problem. The data on the number of deaths that are confirmed positive that are conveyed nationally to the public are different," said Irma in a virtual discussion, Monday, June 5.

Irma explained, as of June 25, 2021, the cumulative number of deaths from COVID-19 cases submitted by the national COVID-19 Task Force to the public was 56,371 cases.

In fact, based on the death data for COVID-19 cases displayed on each district/city government official website, the total number of deaths in all regions is 69,326 cases.

"That's an unusually high gap, both are official data from the government," said Irma.

In addition, LaporCovid-19 also found data delays regarding the availability of isolation beds and the COVID-19 ICU. He gave an example of the availability of beds on the official channel of the DKI Health Office, namely. http://eis.dinkes.jakarta.go.id.

In the site, listed a number of beds available in several hospitals. After the LaporCovid-19 team confirmed to the hospital, it was full.

"The hospital beds in the field are full. But the data still exists and the government uses this data, data that is only statistical figures. Not data that reflects the situation on the ground," he said.

For information, the increase in positive cases of COVID-19 in Jakarta as of July 4 was 27,233 cases. The total accumulation of positive cases since COVID-19 was discovered in Indonesia has reached 2,284,084 people,

Meanwhile, the number of recovered cases increased by 13,127 people. Thus, the cumulative total recovered cases reached 1,928,274 people. The number of deaths due to COVID-19 has increased by 555 people. With this addition, the cumulative total of deaths to 60,582 people.

Still referring to the data from the Ministry of Health, for the province with the highest number of additional positive cases, DKI Jakarta. 10,485 people have tested positive for COVID-19.