Recall the Impact of the Covid – 19 Virus in Indonesia: Regional Perspective

Abstract

The Covid-19 virus has brought about fundamental changes to economic activity both on a macro and micro scale. The COVID-19 virus is a global epidemic that affects global, national, and regional economic stability. This article is a type of opinion article, the purpose of this study is to describe and review the state of the Indonesian economy on a regional scale at the time of the Covid-19 outbreak in Indonesia. Research objects include; Malang City, Malang Regency, and Batu City, East Java Province. This type of research is exploratory and data analysis method using descriptive analysis. The sampling method was carried out using a simple random sampling method for groups of farmers, Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises, informal workers, and the household sector. The types of data used are primary data and secondary data. The results of the study show that each area analyzed tends to have the same results in several indicators, some economic indicators tend to decline during a pandemic, ranging from regional income, and people's purchasing power to the average community rice consumption. The weakening of economic activity at the regional level in Indonesia, began to recover in the year after the "New Normal" regulation, the economy of each region began to improve and people's purchasing power slowly strengthened.