The report also found that none of the six provinces in Java have met the WHO’s criteria for entering the new normal.
The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Indonesia continues to rise, with the daily average of new cases increasing to 1,716 cases in the past week from 1,473 new cases per day the week prior, the World Health Organization’s (WHO) latest country situation report has stated.
The report also found that none of the six provinces in Java have met the WHO’s criteria for entering the new normal.
Banten has seen a decline in its COVID-19 infection rate, with the rate of new cases dropping 50 percent over a three-week period from June 22 to July 12 from around 100 cases per week to 50.
However, Banten has conducted fewer than 0.5 tests per 1,000 people over the past three weeks, much lower than the WHO’s threshold of one suspected case tested per 1,000 people.
Central Java’s average for new confirmed cases also dropped to 800 over the past week from 1,000 the week prior, but, similar to Banten, the province’s testing rate is far below the WHO’s threshold. Central Java also has a positivity rate of around 16 percent, much higher than the WHO’s threshold of 5 percent.
Meanwhile, Jakarta, West Java, Yogyakarta and East Java have all seen record highs in new confirmed cases in the past week.
Jakarta, for example, recorded three of its highest single-day tallies in less than seven days, with 256 cases recorded on July 5, 359 on July 11 and 404 on July 12.
The number of COVID-19 deaths has also continued to climb in Jakarta, West Java, Central Java, Yogyakarta and East Java over the past three weeks.
According to the government’s official count, Indonesia has recorded 81,668 confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 3,873 deaths as of Thursday.
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