The community still needs to play an active role in preventing the spread of COVID-19 because the pandemic is not over. The keys are health protocols, vaccinations, and implementing a clean and healthy lifestyleJakarta (ANTARA) - Indonesia added 5,214 novel coronavirus infections on Thursday, according to data provided by the COVID-19 Handling Task Force.
The data showed that Jakarta recorded the most infections on Thursday at 2,389, and added 3,083 recoveries and 4 deaths.
Meanwhile, West Java recorded the second-highest number of new cases at 1,135, besides 1,222 recoveries and 5 deaths. Banten was next with 571 new cases, 372 recoveries, and zero deaths.
East Java reported 414 new cases, 406 recoveries, and zero deaths, while Central Java registered the fifth-highest number of new COVID-19 cases at 178, as well as 135 recoveries and 1 death.
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Nationwide, the number of people who recovered from the virus reached 5,780, while the number of people who succumbed to COVID-19 touched 19 on Thursday, the task force data showed.
Ever since Indonesia's first COVID-19 case was confirmed in March 2020, the country has recorded a total of 6,334,357 COVID-19 cases, 6,129,122 recoveries, and 157,457 deaths.
Meanwhile, the number of active cases declined by 585 on Thursday. The task force also reported that 6,387 people were categorized as suspects based on the testing of 99,226 specimens.
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The Coordinating Ministry for Human Development and Culture invited the community to actively participate in checking the spread of COVID-19 by following the health protocols and getting vaccinated against the virus.
"The community still needs to play an active role in preventing the spread of COVID-19 because the pandemic is not over. The keys are health protocols, vaccinations, and implementing a clean and healthy lifestyle," deputy for coordination for health quality improvement and population development at the ministry, Agus Suprapto, said.
The COVID-19 pandemic is still a threat to the health sector even though its spread has been brought under control, he noted.
"This is because virus mutations continue to occur so that new variants emerge, which must be watched out for," he said.
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