COVID-19 Cases In Garut Rise, Most Infected Patients Have Not Been Vaccinated

GARUT - The Health Office (Dinkes) of Garut Regency, West Java, conveyed the increase in positive cases of COVID-19 until there were those who died during the Lebaran holiday, mostly infecting residents who had not been vaccinated, and had not been fully vaccinated against COVID-19.

"Almost 80 percent of positive cases of COVID-19 in those who have not been vaccinated at all or have only been vaccinated once," said Head of Disease Prevention and Control (P2P) of the Garut Health Office Asep Surachman as reported by ANTARA, Tuesday, May 2.

He said the Garut District Health Office noted that over the past week there had been 80 positive cases of COVID-19, of which 4 cases died.

The COVID-19 patient who died, he said, was due to congenital or comorbid illness in patients, especially elderly patients, and some had not been vaccinated.

"In this week, four cases of death have occurred in those who have comorbidities, especially in the elderly," he said.

The findings of cases during this week were the most compared to the previous week, and it was recorded that from January to April 2023 the number of COVID-19 cases was 300 people, and 19 of them died.

"Yesterday, four people died this week, or cumulatively 19 people from January to April, namely those who have comorbidities, especially the elderly," he said.

Those who have contracted COVID-19, continued Asep, are not only because they have not received the COVID-19 vaccination, but because they do not comply with health protocols, such as not wearing masks when doing activities and interacting with people.

According to Asep, those who do not comply with health protocols because they think that the COVID-19 outbreak does not exist, even though they still need to be aware of the transmission by complying with health protocols.

"Most of them increased at the productive age of 20 to 40 years who were positive," he said.

The high number of positive cases of COVID-19 in Garut was due to the high mobilization of people from various major cities to Garut during the Eid holiday season, thus accelerating the transmission of COVID-19 in the regions.

According to Asep, the increase in cases is predicted to still occur until June 2023, for that his staff is ready to carry out medical and preventive treatment by conducting health checks on people who show symptoms of COVID-19.

"We are making efforts not to let this continue to soar, it is predicted that until June there will be an increase, and it will go down again," he said.