The Death Rate In East Java, West Java, Central Java, Bali To North Sumatra Is Still High, This Is What The Task Force Says

COVID-19 Task Force Spokesperson Wiku Adisasmito (Photo: BNPB dock)

JAKARTA - The Head of the Expert Team for the Task Force (Satgas) for Handling COVID-19 Prof Wiku Adisasmito explained that a number of situations that triggered the death toll were still relatively high in 10 provinces in the past week.

"These 10 provinces contributed 75 percent of the total national deaths this week," said Wiku Adisasmito when delivering a press statement virtually monitored from the BNPB's YouTube channel in Jakarta, reported by Antara, Tuesday, August 31.

A total of 10 provinces that contributed to the highest national death rate were East Java with 1,214 people, West Java 922 people, Central Java 530 people, Bali 329 people, North Sumatra 222 people, East Kalimantan 213 people, Yogyakarta Special Region 206 people, Riau 193 people, Lampung 179 people and South Kalimantan 150 people.

Wiku explained that nine of the 10 provinces were both the highest contributors to the number of active cases, cure rates and death rates at the same time, August 29.

"This means that the quality of health services in these provinces has been improved, but deaths still cannot be suppressed," he said.

This can happen because the handling of residents affected by COVID-19 is not carried out swiftly and quickly, or because there are still residents who are self-isolating.

In addition, according to him, the focus of handling COVID-19 in the area is still downstream, namely service to patients and has not been maximized at the upstream level, namely prevention and supervision of health protocol discipline. important in the development of active cases, recovery and death.

"This again cannot be separated from the role of the post or task force at the village or sub-district level. Unfortunately, although many posts and task forces have been formed in the provinces, their performance reporting is still focused on 3M education and outreach activities, crowd disbanding activities, collecting data on residents who positive, and monitoring of health protocols is still very few in number," he said.

Wiku asked all regional heads from the ten provinces to monitor the implementation of the post functions in their respective working areas. "Make sure residents affected by COVID-19 use a centralized isolation area and do not self-isolate so that their condition can be monitored and can minimize risks," he said.