The Target Of The COVID-19 Test Has Doubled From Jokowi's Order

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, stated that his party has a new target to carry out COVID-19 examinations, both using Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and rapid molecular test (TCM).

This target passed the orders of President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) of 10 thousand per day. Well, on 23 May, the target has been accomplished. As a result, the task force has doubled the target or increased to 20 thousand inspections per day.

"We are working on a target of 20 thousand per day. We have to pursue this because the means to carry out this are in the form of laboratories and so on, and are scattered in many places," said Yuri at a press conference at Graha BNPB, East Jakarta, Friday, June 5.

Yuri explained that until now, there were 101 active PCR test laboratories and 66 TCM test laboratories throughout Indonesia. To pursue the target of 20 thousand tests per day, the government will optimize the existing inspection machines.

"This becomes one of our backbones, so that the distance between the hospital that requires examination and a laboratory that is capable of examining us can shorten even more," he said.

Furthermore, the number of specimens examined per day has reached 13,333 times. So that the total specimens that have been accumulated are 380,973 times.

In detail, 374,933 specimens were examined using real time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and 6,040 specimens were examined using a molecular rapid test (TCM).

Then, the patient data under surveillance (PDP) which is currently still under surveillance reached 13,592 people. Meanwhile, people under monitoring (ODP) who are currently still being monitored reach 49,320.

"We will continue to increase our efforts, carry out even more massive testing, so that we can get far more optimal results," said Yuri.

As of today, the confirmed positive cases were 703 patients today. So that the total positive cases became 29,521 people.

Meanwhile, 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.

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.