Based on data collected by the task force in Jakarta, West Java contributed the most to the national case tally with 52 cases. Meanwhile, Central Java recorded 29 cases, East Java 28 cases, Central Sulawesi 10 cases, and Yogyakarta and West Papua 7 each.
With the new cases, the total number of COVID-19 cases recorded in the nation so far reached 4,259,644, the task force said.
The number of active cases declined by 41 to reach 4,864 cases, it added.
Meanwhile, the number of deaths due to COVID-19 increased by nine, with five people from Central Java, one from Lampung, two people from East Java, and one from Central Kalimantan succumbing to the disease. Thus, the total death toll reached 143,969.
According to the task force, 237 recovered from the virus in the 24 hours ended Wednesday, taking the total recoveries to 4,110,811.
Most of the patients were from West Java (57), followed by Central Java (33), Jakarta (27), East Java (25), and Yogyakarta (23).
A total of 309,133 specimens were examined for COVID-19, with 4,198 people suspected of contracting the virus, the task force said.
Spokesperson for the COVID-19 Task Force, Wiku Adisasmito, appealed to the public to increase efforts to prevent and control the COVID-19 pandemic with the approach of the year-end holidays.
"For people who have not been vaccinated and cannot be vaccinated for medical reasons, long-distance travel is prohibited. For further regulations, especially other types of travel and logistics, those are stipulated in the same rules, that is Addendum to the Circular Letter of the Task Force Number 25 of 2021," he elaborated. (
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Translator: Andi Firdaus, Mecca Yumna
Editor: Suharto
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