Indonesia Sees Case Hikes in 5 Provinces Including Jakarta, Papua

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Petir Garda Bhwana

Rabu, 10 November 2021 11:11 WIB

Covid-19 patients undergo a swab test at the Bekasi Eradication Center (Berani) central isolation house in the Jababeka area, Cikarang, Bekasi Regency, West Java, Wednesday, July 28, 2021. TEMPO / Hilman Fathurrahman W

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Indonesia is seeing an increasing rate of new infections over the past week. The National Covid-19 Task Force spokesman Wiku Adisasmito said that five provinces recorded the highest increase in new cases, including Jakarta and Papua.

Over the week, West Papua's cases rose by 100, Yogyakarta's up by 77, Jakarta's increased by 46 new cases, Southeast Sulawesi 7 cases, and Bangka Belitung Islands rose by 5.

Wiku stressed that even though the number of new cases is quite low, everyone must be on alert.

"We ask the governors of those five provinces to immediately coordinate with regents and mayors and anticipate more case hikes in the following week," Wiku said on Tuesday, November 9.

This week, the five provinces with the highest number of active cases are Central Java with 1,650 cases, Papua (1,629), West Java (1,568), Jakarta (1,536) and North Kalimantan (738).

Read: Papua Struggles to Bring COVID-19 Cases Under Control

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