COVID-19 Recoveries Increase, Fatality Rate Fluctuates: Wiku

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Wiku Adisasmito, the new spokesman of the COVID-19 mitigation task force, confirmed that the number of patients recovered from the novel coronavirus disease showed an upward trend.

As of July 23, the Health Ministry recorded 55.7 percent or 52,164 patients of the total 93,657 patients had been declared cured.

“Based on the curve in the last 13 days, 878 patients recovered on July 10, 2020, and the number rose to 2,133 or the highest daily surge in recoveries, and the latest figure on July 23 at 1,909 patients,” said Wiku at the Presidential Office, Friday, July 24.

In detail, Wiku outlined, the average recovery rate in March was 3,84 percent, April 9.79 percent, May 21.97 percent, June 37.19 percent, and in July so far at 47.08 percent.

Meanwhile, patients who are still in treatment amounted to 36,917 or 39.4 percent of the total confirmed cases, and there are still 47,756 suspected cases. In addition, the death toll from the virus hit 4,576 cases or 4.9 percent of the total positive infections.

The case fatality rate, he went on, tended to fluctuate daily. The average death rate in March was 4.89 percent, April 8.64 percent, May 6.68 percent, and June 5.56 percent.

“And it keeps dropping to 4.86 percent in July, while the global death toll from COVID-19 is 4.2 percent,” Wiku Adisasmito said.

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