The nationwide COVID-19 job force validated 5,444 new cases on Friday, the highest single-day figure the nation has seen, as the cumulative death toll passed 15,000, two weeks after a long weekend during which countless individuals traveled throughout the nation.
Friday was the very first time everyday cases exceeded 5,000 The previous one-day record was 4,850 new cases, reported on Oct. 8.
With the addition of Friday’s figure, the nation had actually recorded 457,735 COVID-19 cases in overall.
The nationwide COVID-19 task force revealed 104 new deaths on the exact same day, bringing the tally to 15,037 deaths in Indonesia, while 385,094 COVID-19 patients had actually recovered, leaving 57,604 active cases nationwide.
A total of 37,892 brand-new individuals were checked, and the positivity rate– the share of COVID-19 tests that returned positive– was 14.3 percent. The figure was almost three times the 5 percent optimum encouraged by the World Health Organization.
Central Java had 1,362 brand-new cases, the greatest of any province, exceeding Jakarta with 1,033 brand-new cases, West Java with 801 brand-new cases and East Kalimantan with 277 new cases.
Authorities and professionals previously voiced concerns that the prolonged long weekend observed in the nation in late October would cause a spike in cases. Hundreds of thousands of individuals, numerous departing from Jakarta, packed airports and interstate as they took a trip to tourist destinations throughout the country.
Regardless of these concerns, the variety of administered tests decreased after the holiday, resulting in the detection of less cases– 2,000 to 3,000 on some days. This was attributed to labs minimizing their hours and personnel over the holiday.
Muhammad Budi Hidayat, the Health Ministry’s acting director general for illness control and avoidance, formerly told The Jakarta Post that the lower screening rate was due to the fact that fewer samples were being sent to labs as presumed cases declined in some areas.
However, as of Friday, 58,896 people believed to have the infection had yet to be tested or were waiting for outcomes.