Update On COVID-19 As Of June 7: Most Of The Cases Have No Early Symptoms

Spokesperson for the COVID-19 Task Force Achmad Yurianto (YouTube)

COVID-19 Update As of June 7: Most New Positive Cases Start Without Symptoms

JAKARTA - Government spokesman for the handling of COVID-19, Achmad Yurianto, explained the additional temporary cases as of Sunday, June 7. A total of 672 people tested positive for the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Now, the total accumulative or nationally positive cases reached 31,186 people.

On the other hand, negative cases also increased. Referring to existing data, around 591 people were declared cured. With this addition, the number of patients recovered became 10,498 people.

Meanwhile, for patients who died from this virus, up to 50 people. The total number of patients who died from the corona virus became 1,851 people.

For specimen examination results, up to 12.00 WIB, 11,924 specimens had been examined using the PCR method or using a monocular rapid test. The total examined became 405,992 specimens.

"422 districts or cities have had an impact in 34 provinces and we are still monitoring the ODP of 40,370 people and a GDP of 14,197 people," said Yuri at Graha BNPB, Jakarta, Sunday, June 7.

Starting without symptoms

Based on the results of the medical team's examination, most of the number of new positive cases of COVID-19 did not cause contracting symptoms such as flu and others until they finally tested positive. In this case, they fall into the category of people without symptoms (OTG).

"From the data records, we see that almost 80 percent of us find positive cases with no symptoms at all. He is not aware that he has a disease and we do not realize that the person is sick," said Yuri.

For that reason, the government continues to remind and appeal to the importance of maintaining distance from one another and cleanliness. Of course, this is to prevent and anticipate the spread of the virus.

"That is why maintaining distance is important, wearing masks is important. If this can be understood, we know there will be no crowds so everything is orderly," said Yuri.

Adopting a healthy lifestyle and prioritizing health protocols at the lowest level or in the family is the key to success in getting out of the early days of COVID-19.

"If new habits are planted in the family, the habit of wearing masks, maintaining distance, washing hands is well established, we believe that we will control COVID-19 effectively," Yuri concluded.