COVID-19 Cases Outside Java-Bali Contribute 59.46 Percent Of National Cases

ILUSTRASI / IS

JAKARTA - Coordinator for the Enforcement of Community Activity Restrictions (PPKM) outside Java-Bali, Airlangga Hartarto, said that active cases outside Java-Bali experienced a slight decline. However, Airlangga said the contribution from outside Java-Bali to active COVID-19 cases nationally was more than 50 percent.

"We can convey specifically for outside Java-Bali national cases, which as of September 12, outside Java-Bali contributed 59.46 percent of active cases," he said in a virtual press conference, Monday, September 13.

Airlangga explained weekly developments for each region outside Java-Bali. Sumatra has a recovery rate of 91.96 percent, with a fatality rate of 3.54 percent. Meanwhile, the development of active cases between August 9 and September 12 decreased by 68.30 percent.

Then Nusa Tenggara, the recovery rate is 95.03 percent, the fatality rate is 2.29 percent and the active cases are down 81.66 percent. Then, the cure rate in Kalimantan reached 93.21 percent, the fatality rate was 3.13 percent and case development fell by 74 percent.

"Maluku-Papua has a cure rate of 84.29 percent, then the fatality rate is 1.56 percent and cases have decreased by 38.07 percent," he said.

As for Sulawesi, the recovery is 93.54 percent, the fatality rate is 2.58 percent and the decrease in active cases is minus 73.9 percent.

Airlangga said the momentum for the decline in cases, which was already less than 100 thousand, had to be maintained. He also asked to remain vigilant. Because the COVID-19 pandemic is still going up and down. Moreover, the Delta variant is unpredictable.

"Once again, we convey that the COVID-19 pandemic is dynamic in nature," he said.