The City Of Semarang Becomes The Highest Contributor Of The COVID-19 Death Rate In The Last Month

ILLUSTRA TION / VOI

JAKARTA - Head of the Data and Information Technology Division of the COVID-19 Handling Task Force, Dewi Nur Aisyah, said that Semarang City, Central Java, had the highest COVID-19 death rate in the past month, namely in July.

"At the district/city level, the one who contributed to the highest monthly death rate in July came from Semarang City", Dewi said in a virtual discussion, Wednesday, August 4.

The areas that contributed to the highest COVID-19 death rate were East Jakarta, Garut, West Jakarta, Kawarang, South Jakarta, Balikpapan City, Sleman, and Jombang.

Dewi also explained that there are 6 regencies/cities that are always included in the top 20 contributors to the death of COVID-19 cases from May to July, namely South Jakarta, Sleman, West Jakarta, Central Jakarta, North Jakarta, and Wonogiri.

"This means that we have to take a closer look at the regency/city level for intervention. What causes the number of deaths to consistently increase", said Dewi.

At the provincial level, the highest contributors to the death rate in July came from Central Java, East Java, DKI Jakarta, West Java, and DI Yogyakarta, East Kalimantan, Riau, Riau Islands, South Sumatra, and Bali.

"If we look at the five provinces on the island of Java, they contributed the highest death rates in July", said Dewi.

Dewi hopes that the 10 provinces with the highest death rates in the past month can suppress the deaths of COVID-19 cases in their regions. This is because the contribution of deaths in 10 of the 34 provinces in Indonesia has reached 80 percent.

The death rate for COVID-19 cases in July did increase dramatically, along with the increase in the number of positive cases. The increase in the death rate for COVID-19 cases from June to July increased by 348 percent.

"This death rate is the same as the case condition which also increased very high in July. When cases experienced such a significant increase, it would certainly have an impact on the number of deaths", he concluded.