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s the Jakarta administration extends large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) for another two weeks, Governor Anies Baswedan has claimed that without the policy, the capital city would see 20,000 active COVID-19 cases by November.
"Without stricter restrictions and with the current testing rate, we estimate that Jakarta would see 2,000 daily new cases by mid-October and 20,000 active cases by November," Anies said in a statement on Thursday, as reported by kompas.com.
Anies previously said the capital had seen a decline in active cases since it reimposed strict PSBB on Sept. 14.
In the first 12 days of September, he said, Jakarta had recorded a 49 percent spike in new COVID-19 cases – 3,864 additional patients.
In the 12 days after the implementation of strict PSBB, the city managed to bring down the growth to 12 percent – 1,453 additional cases.
"The fatality rate has also decreased to 2.5 percent. However, despite the decline, we still saw a high number of new cases [in the capital]," he said.
With the extension, strict PSBB will last until Oct. 11.
