There are no more provinces applying Level 4 PPKM, while Level 3 PPKM is being applied in 4 provinces, Level 2 in 22 provinces, and one province is applying Level 1.
Jakarta (ANTARA) - The imposition of public activity restrictions (PPKM) outside Java-Bali has again been extended from October 5-18, 2021, with six districts/cities continuing to apply Level 4 restrictions, Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto said.



"Previously, there were ten districts/cities at Level 4, (now) there are six districts/cities at Level 4," Hartarto, who is also chairman of the COVID-19 Handling and National Economic Recovery Committee (KPC-PEN), informed at an online press conference on PPKM here on Monday.



The six districts/cities that are still applying Level 4 PPKM are Pidi, Bangka, Padang, Banjarmasin, Bulungan, and Tarakan, he informed.



These six districts/cities have still not met the requirements for their PPKM levels to be lowered because of inadequate testing or an increase in positivity rate, he said.



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However, there have been COVID-19 control improvements in other districts/cities outside Java-Bali, so Level 3 PPKM outside Java-Bali is currently being applied in 44 districts/cities compared to 108 earlier, the minister informed.



Meanwhile, 292 districts/cities are imposing Level 2 from 249 earlier, and 44 districts/cities are imposing Level 1 PPKM, he said.



"Related to the restriction types of community activities for the October 5-18 period, they will remain the same as the previous PPKM. The face-to-face learning will follow the Education Minister's direction," he explained.



Between August 9 to October 3, 2021, Sumatra has recorded a recovery rate of 95.19 percent, a fatality rate of 3.54 percent, and seen a decline in active cases of 91.66 percent, Hartarto said.


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Nusa Tenggara's recovery rate has reached 96.78 percent, fatality rate 2.33 percent, and its active cases have declined by 93.79 percent, he said.



Kalimantan's recovery rate has reached 95.11 percent, fatality rate 3.15 percent, and its active cases have dropped by 87.44 percent, he added.



Meanwhile, Sulawesi has recorded a recovery rate of 95.73 percent, a fatality rate of 2.62 percent, and its active cases have declined by 88.68 percent, he informed.

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Maluku and Papua have recorded a recovery rate of 95.69 percent, a fatality rate of 1.71 percent, and a decrease in active cases of 88.47 percent, he noted.



"As for the implementation of provincial-level PPKM outside Java-Bali, there are no more provinces applying Level 4 PPKM, while Level 3 PPKM is being applied in 4 provinces, Level 2 in 22 provinces, and one province is applying Level 1," the minister informed.



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