Updated For COVID-19 As Of February 26, Positive Case 177, Sembuh 224

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JAKARTA - The COVID-19 Handling Task Force reported an increase in positive cases of 177 people today, Sunday, March 26.

This addition makes the number of pandemic cases in Indonesia reach 6,735,628 cumulatively since the beginning of 2020.

The good news is that cases of recovery are recorded to be greater this weekend, as many as 224 people to a total of 6,571,187 people.

As for the case of mortality, it is stated that there have been three cases in the last 24 hours. So that the number of victims who died reached as many as 160,980 people since the period of almost three years.

For information, the health budget has continued to decline since the last year.

This is happening along with the increasingly controlled COVID-19 pandemic.

As a result, the government is now focusing more on the allocation of APBN funds for stunting treatment in various regions.

In addition, the state also stated that it would continue to reform in the health sector in line with the growing medical challenges in the future.

Citing information on the Ministry of Finance (Kemenkeu) website, it is known that the realization of the health budget until January 2023 is IDR 5.3 trillion.

This amount includes payment of health insurance contributions for underprivileged groups with a value of IDR 3.9 trillion for around 96.7 million people.