“This increase is an early alarm, and we should set the target to control the cases, so they remain controlled,” he remarked at a press conference, accessed from here on Thursday.
The first indicator is the number of daily confirmed cases, which has reached 404, he informed. That number has shown a relatively high increase compared to two weeks ago, when daily cases were recorded at 136, he said.
The second indicator is the number of daily active cases, which has increased over the last week.
“If last week the number of active cases was 4,300 cases, as of January 5, 2022, the number of active cases has increased to 4,800,” he informed.
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The third indicator is the positivity rate, which has increased from 0.07 percent to 0.19 percent, he said.
Meanwhile, the fourth indicator is the occupancy rate of isolation beds, which has increased from 1.38 percent to 3.35 percent, he added.
Adisasmito said the increase in the four indicators shows that there has been an increase in COVID-19 transmission in the community.
Despite an increase in four indicators, two other indicators have shown a downward trend: the daily death rate and ICU bed occupancy rate (BOR), the spokesperson revealed.
He noted that the death toll, which was at eight deaths per day, has dropped to four deaths per day.
Meanwhile, the ICU BOR, which was at 3.95 percent, has reduced to 3.23 percent now, he said.
The first case of COVID-19 was confirmed in Indonesia in March 2020. According to data provided by the COVID-19 Handling Task Force, as of January 6, 2022, at least 4,264,669 people have tested positive for COVID-19 in the country, while 4,115,358 people have recovered, and 144,116 people have succumbed to the virus.
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