Good News, Indonesia's Active Cases Are 4 Times Smaller Than The United States And Britain

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JAKARTA - Spokesperson for the COVID-19 Task Force, Wiku Adisasmito, revealed that the percentage of active COVID-19 cases in Indonesia is decreasing. Now active cases are at 5.3 percent.

Wiku said that Indonesia's active cases were below the world figure of 8.56 percent. In fact, said Wiku, the active cases were four times lower than the United States and Britain.

"When compared to countries with the highest active cases, such as the United States with 20.63 percent active cases and the UK 17.72 percent, the percentage of active cases in Indonesia is still 4 times lower," said Wiku in a virtual press conference, Tuesday, August 31.

Then, Indonesia's active cases are also three times lower than active cases in a number of countries in Asia, such as Japan at 17 percent and Malaysia at 15.4 percent.

However, the current national active case percentage is still 4 times higher than India, which previously experienced a very high spike in cases.

"Active cases in Indonesia are still 4 times higher than India. India, which had experienced a significant increase in cases, has now succeeded in suppressing active cases by 1.16 percent," said Wiku.

The highest active cases in Indonesia were still contributed by 10 provinces with the highest number of active cases, namely Central Java with 25,959 active cases, West Java 24,802 cases, North Sumatra 22 179 cases, Yogyakarta Special Region 13,684 cases.

Then, East Java with 12,695 active cases, Papua 12,159 cases, DKI Jakarta 7,764 cases, South Kalimantan 7,590 cases, East Kalimantan 7,430 cases, and Bali 6,933 cases.

"These ten provinces contributed 65 percent or more than half of the total active cases in Indonesia," he concluded.