2-week evaluation by Luhut: increase in active cases of Covid-19, increase in deaths in 5 provinces Page all

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – The Covid-19 Management Working Group delivered an assessment of the management of Covid-19 in 10 priority provinces, after two weeks or the period 13-27 September 2020.

The spokesperson for the Covid-19 Management Working Group, Wiku Adisasmito, admitted that this assessment was carried out because many people were wondering what the results of managing Covid-19 would be in these priority provinces.

Especially after President Joko Widodo specifically appointed Coordinating Minister of Maritime Affairs and Investments Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan and Chairman of the Covid-19 Management Working Group, Doni Monardo.

“All parties want to know how it has happened in the last two weeks with respect to the 9 priority provinces plus Banten. Namely, from September 13 to 27. Since the appointment of the Coordinating Minister of Marves and the Head of the Task Force Covid-19 management, “Wiku said in a press release from the Presidential Palace, Jakarta, on Thursday (1/10/2020).

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The 10 DKI provinces are Jakarta, West Java, Central Java, East Java, Banten, South Kalimantan, South Sulawesi, North Sumatra, Papua, and Bali.

There are three aspects of the assessment presented by Wiku, namely the trend of active cases, cure rates, and mortality rates. Here is the explanation:

Active case

Wiku said that, in the period from September 13 to 27, there was an increase in the number of active cases in 10 priority provinces, resulting in an increase nationwide.

“The number of active cases nationwide in Indonesia continues to rise, along with an increase in priority provinces,” Wiku said.

Wiku explained that the total active cases in the 10 priority provinces on September 13 was still 39,271 patients.

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However, a week after Luhut and Doni’s assignment, active cases in 10 provinces rose to 40,693.

The following week or on September 27, active cases in the 10 provinces increased to 41,798.

Active cases are the number of Covid-19 patients who are currently in independent treatment or in isolation.

The number of active cases is obtained from the total number of Covid-19 cases reduced by the number of patients who have recovered and died.

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Although active cases in 10 priority provinces have increased, Wiku said its contribution to active cases nationwide has decreased.

As of September 13, the percentage of active cases in these 10 provinces represented 71.8 percent of the national active cases.

Then, on September 20, his contribution decreased to 70.4 percent. In addition, on September 27 it reached 67.6 percent.

“This is good news and should be continually suppressed so that active cases in these 10 priority provinces can continue to decline,” Wiku said.

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When analyzed by province, the percentage of active cases has decreased in almost all priority provinces except South Sulawesi and Papua provinces.

“This should be a concern for local governments in South Sulawesi and Papua to continue suppressing transmission in order to reduce the number of active cases,” Wiku said.

Cure rate

In the same time period, Wiku said there was a significant increase in patient recovery in the 10 priority provinces.

On September 13, the number of patients recovered in 10 provinces, that is, 124,237 people. The number increased in one week to 141,244 patients.

Then, within two weeks, the number rose again to 161,091 patients.

However, the percentage contribution of the recovery in these 10 priority provinces to the national recovery has decreased.

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On September 13, it contributed 80.15 percent of the national recovery cases. But more recently, on September 27, it became 79.35 percent.

“This recovery rate should always increase both in these 10 priority provinces and at the national level. Because if we increase it in these 10 priority provinces, the national figure will also increase significantly,” Wiku said.

When looking at the figures by province, the percentage of cured cases also increased, except in South Sulawesi and Papua.

“We ask that the local governments of South Sulawesi and Papua continue to improve their efforts to improve the health and treatment of patients in hospitals to increase this rate of recovery,” he said.

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Death rate

For the mortality rate, there is still an increase in the 10 priority provinces. On September 13, the number of patients who died in all priority provinces was 6,775, then rose to 7,687 the following week.

As of September 27, the death toll in the ten priority provinces stood at 8,327.

The percentage of the contribution of mortality in the 10 priority provinces to national mortality tends to increase.

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As of September 13, that represents 77.6 percent of national deaths. Then, on September 20, the figure increased to 80.47 percent.

Furthermore, on September 27 it decreased only slightly to 80.18 percent.

If you look by province, there were five provinces that experienced a decrease in the percentage of deaths, but this was not significant and it tended to stagnate. Five other provinces have seen an increase.

“Deaths tend to be stagnant, and there has even been an increase in several priority provinces,” Wiku said.

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Wiku said that the priority provinces that had managed to reduce mortality were DKI Jakarta, West Java, Central Java, South Kalimantan and South Sulawesi.

“However, there is an increase in East Java, North Sumatra, Papua, Bali and Banten,” Wiku said.

Wiku also called on the 10 priority provinces to continue to reduce mortality by improving the quality of health services and managing cases.

This should be done especially in patients with moderate and severe symptoms.