Viewing the pattern of additional Covid-19 cases in Indonesia, from 0 to 200,000 pages total

KOMPAS.com – Indonesia has now recorded 200,035 cases of corona virus infection, according to data covid19.go.id.

The total number was recorded after the addition of 3,046 new cases on Tuesday (9/8/2020).

Meanwhile, the number of patients recovering from Covid-19 reached 142,958 people.

So the death rate from the corona virus in Indonesia was 8,230, the highest in Southeast Asia.

The following is the pattern of adding Covid-19 cases in Indonesia from 0 to 200,000.

0-100,000

The first two cases of the corona virus in Indonesia were confirmed by President Joko Widodo on March 2, 2020, namely a 64-year-old mother and a 31-year-old daughter.

“The Japanese in Indonesia knew who they tracked and knew. It turns out that the person affected by the corona virus is related to two people, a 64-year-old mother and a 31-year-old daughter,” President Jokowi said at the time.

“It was reviewed and this morning I received a report from the Minister of Health that this mother and her daughter tested positive for corona,” he continued.

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After 4 months and 26 days later, on July 27, 2020, Indonesia recorded 100,000 cases of corona virus infection.

Covid-19 Working Group spokesperson Wiku Adisasmito said Indonesia was still in a state of crisis.

“On this day the cases reached 100,303. Today Indonesia reaches a psychologically significant number, that is 100,000, and this reminds all parties that Indonesia is still in a state of crisis,” Wiku said at the time.

If you look at the monthly data, Covid-19 cases in Indonesia continue to rise.

• March increased 1,528 cases
• April increased 8,590 cases
• May increased 16,355 cases
• June added 29,912 cases
• July increased by 51,991 cases

100,000-200,000

Also, Indonesia only takes 1 month 12 days to reach 200,035 on September 8, 2020.

This was based on the high increase in cases of corona virus infection in August 2020. The total number of additional cases was 66,420.

Meanwhile, the increase in the number of infections in early September has reached 25,239 cases, or an average of 3,154 per day.

Earlier this month, Griffith University epidemiologist Dicky Budiman reminded Indonesia to continue to strengthen quantity and quality. tests and tracking corona virus.

The reason is that Indonesia is currently entering a critical initial phase due to Covid-19.

“Indonesia has entered an early critical phase that is expected to peak in early October 2020, especially Java. This could take a long time, it could be until the end of the year,” Dicky told Kompas.com, Wednesday (8/26/2020).

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According to him, there are several indicators underlying Indonesia now that it has entered the critical phase of the coronavirus.

First, the number of new daily cases is increasing. The second is infection rate which is also influenced by the capacity tests.

Dicky said infection rate This can assess how badly the corona virus has spread.

Third, positive rate both at the national and regional level that are above the world average or the WHO indicator, which is below 5 percent.

The last indicator to assess that Indonesia is in a vulnerable phase is the percentage of hospital bed use that shows an increase.