Real-time data not adding up as huge gaps in figures hampering accurate assessment of Covid-19 outbreak in Indonesia

Indonesia's Covid-19 task force spokesperson Wiku Adisasmito. - Jakarta Post/ANN

JAKARTA, June 1 (Jakarta Post/ANN): Over a year into the Covid-19 pandemic, the government is still struggling to present consistent real-time data on cases and fatalities related to the disease.

Data discrepancies can be seen in case numbers and fatality numbers, between those provided by cities and regencies and those by the provincial administrations and the central government, with the gaps reaching to the thousands.