COVID-19 Cases April 7: 5,888 People Recovered, Most In West Java

JAKARTA - The recovery rate for COVID-19 patients in Indonesia has increased by 5,888 people per day, Thursday 7 April, at 12.00 WIB. Thus, the total number of recoveries from COVID-19 since March 2020 is 5,794,602 people.

The Task Force for Handling COVID-19 reported that the highest number of COVID-19 cures per day was in West Java Province as many as 2,374 people.

Followed by DKI Jakarta 811 people, Central Java 643 people, Yogyakarta Special Region 425 people and NTT 254 people. Meanwhile, according to the Antara report, the additional daily cases of COVID-19 reached 2,089 people. Provinces that contributed cases were DKI Jakarta with 674 cases, West Java with 366 cases, Banten with 204 cases, Central Java with 183 cases and East Java with 143 cases. Meanwhile, 45 additional deaths were recorded, the most in East Java Province with 11, Central Java with seven, DKI Jakarta and DI Yogyakarta, each with five, and West Java with three.

The COVID-19 Task Force also noted that the number of active cases which included COVID-19 sufferers who were still undergoing treatment and self-isolation today was 78,302 active cases, a decrease of 3,844 people compared to the previous day, Wednesday (6/4). In addition, there were 4,467 people who fall into the suspect category. These results were obtained after testing today on 129,741 specimens from 83,700 people examined in hundreds of laboratory networks throughout Indonesia. The daily specimen positive rate is 2.80 percent and for the daily positive rate is 2, 50 percent. Previously, the Coordinator of the Expert Team and Government Spokesperson for Handling COVID-19 Prof. Wiku Adisasmito reminded the public to continue to wear masks when carrying out activities in the month of Ramadan and ahead of Eid al-Fitr to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Wiku. He appreciates all people who continue to be disciplined in wearing masks, so they can continue to reduce the number of COVID-19 cases in Indonesia.