Update On COVID-19 As Of June 5: 19 Areas With A Minimum Of New Cases, East Java The Highest Followed By Jakarta

Government spokesman for the handling of COVID-19, Achmad Yurianto (Photo: Doc. Task Force)

JAKARTA - Government spokesman for the handling of COVID-19, Achmad Yurianto explained the progress of the case as of Friday, June 5 at 12.00 WIB. There were an additional 703 confirmed positive cases today. So that the total positive cases became 29,521 people.

Yuri explained, as of today there are 19 provinces with an increase in positive cases of COVID-19 under 10 people. Among them are Bangka Belitung, DI Yogyakarta, Jambi, West Kalimantan, East Kalimantan, North Kalimantan, Riau Islands, North Selawesi, Southeast Sulawesi, Central Selawesi, Lampung, North Maluku and West Papua.

Plus, the provinces that have no new cases as of today are Aceh, Bengkulu, Riau, West Sulawesi, East Nusa Tenggara, and Gorontalo.

"This is something that is very encouraging, because it describes the condition of the people who have started to apply the criteria for being safe from COVID-19 by implementing health protocols in a good way," said Yuri at Graha BNPB, East Jakarta, Friday, June 6.

Meanwhile, the province with the highest number of cases today is East Java. Today there are 141 new cases with a total of 55.49 cases. Then, DKI Jakarta experienced an increase of 76 cases with a total of 7,766 people and is still the province with the highest number of accumulated cases in Indonesia.

Below that, there are South Kalimantan with an increase in new cases of 71 people, Central Java with 58 people, South Sulawesi with 54 people, West Nusa Tenggara with 652 people, and North Sumatra with 49 people.

Then, 49 patients died, bringing it to 1,770 patients. There were an additional 551 patients recovered, bringing the total to 9,443 patients. "The cure rate is mostly experienced by the 29 to 45 year age group," said Yuri.

Yuri said, East Java today reported the most positive cases in one day, but also reported quite a lot of cured cases, namely 118 recovered. Meanwhile, the most cases recovered today are in DKI Jakarta with 144 people recovering.

Banten reported 24 new cases, but 45 recovered cases. West Sumatra 13 new cases, 21 people recovered. West Java 12 new cases, 45 people recovered. West Kalimantan there are 3 new cases, 15 people recovered. West Papua today reported 2 new cases, but 17 cases recovered today.

"This is what we should be grateful for. Now there are more likely to be better health," he said.