To be clear, Indonesia still trails the U.S., India and 11 other countries in terms of total infections, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University.
"Deaths will likely continue to rise for another 2-3 weeks because of the lag between case confirmation and mortality," he told CNBC in an email.extended Covid restrictions, but said daily infections have fallen.According to Our World in Data, Indonesia reported a new high of 56,757 confirmed cases on July 15, and infections declined almost every day since.
"Officials may say that the newly-confirmed Covid-19 cases are falling … but this is because the number of testing and tracing is also declining after the implementation of hard social restrictions in Java," said Rahmat of Project HOPE, or Health Opportunities for People Everywhere. He estimates that two-thirds of Covid patients have to be treated at home in self-isolation because there are not enough hospital beds.
The newly-diagnosed cases and deaths from COVID-19 are still high, showing that the worst is not over.Rahmat said the second wave is "not over yet."
the writing's on the wall i guess...
nice