Update On COVID-19 As Of June 27: Highest Cases Are From East Java, Followed By Jakarta And Central Java

Spokesperson for Handling COVID-19 Achmad Yurianto (Photo: Public Relations of BNPB)

JAKARTA - Spokesperson for Handling COVID-19 Achmad Yurianto said the number of additional COVID-19 cases in Indonesia is still increasing. Today, of the 21,580 specimens examined, there are 1,358 additional positive cases of COVID-19.

"From the results of this specimen examination, we found an additional 1,385 confirmed positive cases, bringing the total to 52,812 people," said Yurianto in a press conference broadcast on the BNPB YouTube account, Saturday, June 27.

From that case, East Java is still in the first rank of the largest contributor. As of today, East Java has contributed 277 new cases and recorded 190 patients recovering.

Furthermore, DKI Jakarta had 203 new cases and 68 patients were declared cured. Followed by Central Java which reported 197 new cases and 22 people were declared cured, South Sulawesi recorded 146 new cases and 41 recovered cases, and finally Bali. This Island of the Gods recorded 106 new cases and 21 people were declared cured.

"Today there are 18 provinces reporting the addition of cases under 10, but there are four provinces that reported no additional new cases at all," he said.

The number of patients who were declared cured today reached 576 people, so that the cumulative number reached 21,909 people. Meanwhile, 37 people died, bringing the total to 2,720 people.

The number of people under surveillance (ODP) currently reaches 40,541 people. Meanwhile, the number of patients under surveillance (PDP) reached 13,522 people.

Communicating with the Health Office

The high rate of COVID-19 transmission in a number of regions has made the Task Force for the Acceleration of Handling COVID-19 to communicate with the Health Office in a number of provinces and districts / cities.

In this communication, the Task Force reminded the Health Office to intervene in the spread of this virus quickly.

"We conveyed to them that this should be carried out more quickly. Not only related to the number of cases, but related to the high number of cases per 100 thousand people, then it can be represented as the risk of infection in some areas is still high," said Yurianto.

He said the high number of cases was still increasing due to the source of transmission in the community. The source of this transmission, continued Yurianto, is a person who is sick, infected, and has the potential to transmit the virus to other people but does not carry out proper isolation.

In addition, these people may also be reluctant to use masks and be aggravated by those around them who do not follow health protocols.

"These are some of the obstacles we have. Therefore, the problem of breaking the chain of transmission is a problem that exists in the community," he said.

He said that people infected with the corona virus should carry out independent isolation or even be hospitalized. According to him, patients who receive treatment at the hospital are safer than those who carry out isolation independently.

"However, it does not mean that all those who are examined must be treated in the hospital. There are some that we hope to carry out independent activities to carry out isolation. However, if it is believed that this cannot be done, we will do it in the hospital," he said.

"This is what then causes several capacities in the hospital to be very full," he concluded.