- The death toll we see in the official statistics is just the tip of the iceberg, says data analyst Said Fariz Hibban from Lapor covid-19, a voluntary organization that collects and shares information about the pandemic.
The organization's members include healthcare professionals, journalists and analysts.
More than 90,000 people have now died with covid in Indonesia, according to official figures.
However, members of Lapor covid-19 say the death toll is higher than that.
According to the organization, there is a sluggishness in the reporting from the provinces into the state and government of Jakarta.
This leads to an underreporting of the number of deaths.
Add to that the fact that many have died at home before they even had time to be tested or received hospital care.
Lapor covid-19 found 2,313 such cases spread across 16 provinces.
From 5,000 to 43,000 infected per day
Indonesia has gone from about 5,000 new infections per day in early June to an average of 43,000 new infections per day in the last week of July.
The new delta variant of corona and an increase in large gatherings and travelers within the country in connection with the celebration of the end of the fasting month of Ramadan are stated as two reasons why the infection has increased.
In comparison with an average of 43,000 new infections per day in Indonesia now at the end of July, India has had an average of 40,000 new infections per day during the same period.
India has almost 1.4 billion inhabitants.
Indonesia has 270 million.