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View all search resultsDeath toll increases by 18 percent in past week
Task force spokesperson Wiku Adisasmito said his office had recorded 785 deaths linked to COVID-19 between Oct. 19 and 26, an increase from the 665 deaths recorded in the previous week.
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he coronavirus death toll in Indonesia has increased by 18 percent over the past week as social restrictions continue to be relaxed in several regions, according to the national COVID-19 task force.
Task force spokesperson Wiku Adisasmito said his office had recorded 785 deaths linked to COVID-19 between Oct. 19 and 26, an increase from the 665 deaths recorded in the previous week.
“Nationwide, the number of deaths over the past week increased by 18 percent,” Wiku said during an online press conference on Tuesday.
Five provinces with the most significant increase in coronavirus-related fatalities are West Java with 89 recent deaths, West Sumatra with 22, Central Java 16, Riau Islands 10, and West Nusa Tenggara seven, according to the task force data.
Central Java is a particular cause for concern as the province has consistently ranked among the five regions with the highest rise in coronavirus deaths in the country for two consecutive weeks, Wiku added.
Furthermore, the number of recoveries across the archipelago has also declined over the past week to 28,430 from 30,360 recorded in the preceding seven days, he said.
“This is not a good news. We should have maintained the number of recoveries,” Wiku said.
