Jokowi asks for Covid-19 figures in Java below before Lebaran

YAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – President Joko Widodo asked the Working Group to speed up the handling of Covid-19 to ensure effective control of the coronavirus in Java.

He hoped that the spread of the corona virus in Java might decrease in the near future.

“Especially in the next two weeks. Our chance may come to Eid. We really should use it,” Jokowi said, chairing a limited cabinet meeting by video conference, on Tuesday (05/12/2020).

Jokowi said that 70 percent of the positive cases of the Covid-19 corona virus were in Java.

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In fact, Jokowi revealed, the death rate from the corona virus in Java was the highest compared to other regions.

“According to Task Force data, 70 percent of positive cases were in Java. 70 percent. Also, the highest number of deaths, 82 percent also exists in Java,” said Jokowi.

Corona virus cases in Indonesia reached 14,265 people as of Monday (05/11/2020) yesterday.

In DKI Jakarta there are a total of 5,276 positive cases. So, the highest rate of spread also occurred in East Java with 1,536 cases, West Java 1,493 cases, and Central Java 980 cases, Yogyakarta 159.