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Indonesia is showing a trajectory for exponential growth of COVID-19 cases in the country after the government announced 82 new infections this afternoon, taking the country’s official caseload to 309.
Achmad Yurianto, Indonesia’s spokesman for COVID-19-related matters, finally released more comprehensive data breaking down the number of total cases by province, with Jakarta accounting for the majority of infections.
Here is the COVID-19 spread by province:
Jakarta – 210
Banten – 27
West Java – 26
Central Java – 12
East Java – 9
Yogyakarta – 5
East Kalimantan – 3
Riau Islands – 3
Southeast Sulawesi – 3
West Kalimantan – 2
North Sumatra – 2
South Sulawesi – 2
Lampung – 2
North Sulawesi – 1
Riau – 1
Bali – 1
Of the 82 new cases, Achmad said that 52 of them are from Jakarta.
The death toll has also increased to 25 from 19 yesterday. Seventeen of the deaths were recorded in Jakarta.
“Almost all deceased patients had underlying medical conditions, mostly diabetes, hypertension, and chronic cardiovascular disease,” Achmad said.
The number of recovered patients, meanwhile, have increased slightly from 11 to 15.
