Indonesia's Covid-19 Task Force Concerned As Daily Covid-19 Cases Near 9,000

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – Indonesia’s Covid-19 Task Force expressed alarm over the surge in Covid-19 cases, as the number of daily cases reached a new high of 8,892 on June 10.

Covid-19 Task Force Spokesman Wiku Adisasmito noted that the number of daily coronavirus cases even surpassed the previous high on February 25 of 8,493 cases.

“This surge in cases is a stern warning for us all to evaluate our methods or what we did wrong,” he said on the Presidential Secretariat’s YouTube channel Friday. “The increase in cases is also a warning to brace ourselves for an even higher number of cases.”

Wiku also expressed his concern over the increased number of cases that occurred less than a month after the Eid al-Fitr or Idul Fitri holidays.

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“Active Covid-19 cases in Indonesia currently stand at 100 thousand, up from 87 thousand. It occurred as the number of Covid-19 cases in six provinces on Java increased over the past ten days,” he asserted.

Jakarta experienced the highest surge, as case numbers spiked up to 2,091 with a BOR of 62.13 percent, a 300 percent increase from 591 cases on June 1.

Central Java experienced an 80 percent increase in cases, as the number of cases surged to 1,500 cases with a bed occupancy rate (BOR) of 66.89 percent.

East Java came in third with 425 new cases, with a BOR of 31.57 percent.

In Malang, East Java, National Disaster Mitigation Agency or BNPB head Ganip Warsito has urged the government to pick up its nationwide vaccination drive.

KOMPAS.com/Ihsanuddin BNPB head Ganip Warsito visits the Covid-19 Emergency Hospital at Wisma Atlet Kemayoran in Central Jakarta, Wednesday (26/5/2021)