East Java Set to Outnumber Jakarta in Coronavirus Cases

A health employee takes blood sample from an employee for quick screening of coronavirus at a cigarette factory in Madiun, East Java, on May 27,2020 (Antara Photo/Siswowidodo)

East Java again had the most day-to-day cases of the novel coronavirus on Tuesday to bring its total number of cases to 10,115, an increase by 258 from a day earlier. East Java is the 2nd province to register more than 10,000 cases, only a day after Jakarta reached that sad turning point.

It is now only 135 cases behind Jakarta– the narrowest gap in over three months. With a much faster speed of Covid-19 infections, East Java is set to exceed Jakarta in the top location and it might occur in a couple of days.

Just 3 weeks earlier, more than 2,400 cases separated the two provinces.

The variety of cured or discharged Covid-19 clients in Jakarta has actually beaten active cases, a fate East Java is truly having a hard time to achieve.

Since Tuesday, Jakarta has actually registered 10,250 cases, consisting of 594 deaths, 5,228 recuperated clients and 4,428 active cases.

East Java so far had 2,915 recuperated patients, 741 deaths and 6,459 active cases. The number of active Covid-19 cases in East Java has surpassed that in Jakarta considering that early this month.

At the national level, Covid-19 cases rose by 1,051 in the 24- hour duration to 47,896, including 2,535 deaths and 19,241 recovered clients, according to the National Covid-19 Task Force.

More than 70 percent of Covid-19 deaths took place on the most densely-populated island of Java.

The illness has actually impacted 442 of the nation’s 514 districts and cities. Aceh has registered just 49 Covid-19 cases overall to become the only province with two-digit figure.