Top 10 Provinces with the Highest Increase in COVID-19 Cases (Thursday, October 14, 2021)

Central Java Province recorded an addition of 156 Covid-19 cases on Thursday, October 14, 2021. This increase was the highest compared to other provinces. Today, Central Java experienced a 34 percent increase in cases compared to the previous day, surpassing Jakarta, which had previously been in first place.

The next highest Covid-19 increases in the top five were DKI Jakarta with 113 cases, West Java with 102 cases, East Java with 86 cases, and South Sulawesi with 49 cases.

The total increase from the top 10 provinces reached 725 people (69%). The remaining increase in cases in the other 24 provinces was 328 people (31%). Today, 19 provinces recorded a decrease in the number of cases, and 13 other provinces experienced an increase. Meanwhile, Bengkulu was the only province today that did not report any additional Covid-19 cases.

| Province | October 13, 2021 | October 14, 2021 | Change (%) |
|----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|------------|
| Central Java | 116 | 156 | 34.5 |
| DKI Jakarta | 278 | 113 | -59.4 |
| West Java | 93 | 102 | 9.7 |
| East Java | 121 | 86 | -28.9 |
| South Sulawesi | 60 | 49 | -18.3 |
| East Kalimantan | 25 | 47 | 88 |
| North Sumatra | 55 | 46 | -16.4 |
| East Nusa Tenggara | 23 | 44 | 91.3 |
| Bali | 49 | 42 | -14.3 |
| Riau | 19 | 40 | 110.5 |

Today, Indonesia added 1,053 new positive coronavirus (Covid-19) cases. With this addition of confirmed positive cases, the total number of Covid-19 cases reached 4.23 million.

Meanwhile, from yesterday's 20,551 active cases, the number of patients declared recovered today increased by 1,715, and the number of deaths increased by 37.