Update On COVID-19 As Of June 11: DKI Jakarta And East Java Highest Positive Addition Of COVID-19

Government spokesman for the handling of COVID-19 Achmad Yurianto (Yuri) (Photo: BNPB documentation)

JAKARTA - Government spokesman for the handling of COVID-19 Achmad Yurianto (Yuri) said that the most positive cases of COVID-19 occurred in DKI Jakarta and East Java as of today, Thursday, June 11.

From this data also, the number of positive cases has increased, although slightly decreased from the previous. 979 people were recorded as new positive cases.

In the DKI Jakarta area, 128 people were declared infected with COVID-19. Then, in East Java the addition of positive cases was 297 people.

"Additional cases of positive confirmation are 979 people, bringing the total to 35,295," said Yuri at Graha BNPB, Jakarta, Thursday, June 11.

In other areas that still had a large number of positive cases, including South Sulawesi with 141 people and South Kalimantan with 69 positive cases.

On the other hand, negative cases also increased. Referring to existing data, about 507 patients were declared cured. With this addition, the number of recovered patients reached 12,636.

Meanwhile, 41 people died from this virus. The total number of patients who died from COVID-19 has increased to 2,000.

Meanwhile, for specimen examination results, until 12.00 WIB 16,702 specimens had been examined using the PCR method or using a monocular rapid test. The total examined became 463,620 specimens.

"424 districts or cities have had an impact in 34 provinces and we are still monitoring ODP as many as 43,414 people and PDP 14,052 people," said Yuri.

Infographic Update on the acceleration of the handling of COVID-19 in Indonesia as of 11 June 2020 at 12.00 WIB. # UniteLawanCovid19 pic.twitter.com/yzcQhdgAlb

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Many cases recovered in a number of areas

Today's data shows that many patients have recovered from COVID-19. Data from South Sumatra, for example, had 55 recovered cases, although 42 new positive cases were found.

"Then West Nusa Tenggara today reported 11 cases, this is lower than yesterday, and 44 people reported recovered cases. West Kalimantan today had no new cases but 7 cases were reported," said Yuri.

In addition, dozens of other regions were also recorded as contributing positive cases below 10. East Kalimantan, Riau Islands, West Sumatra, and Southeast Sulawesi, to name a few.

In fact, 9 provinces, such as Aceh, Bengkulu, Jambi and North Kalimantan, have also found no new positive cases.

"Further data from this province we get 18 provinces that reported cases under 10, there are even 9 provinces with zero cases, meaning there are no new case reports," concluded Yuri.