Alert! Positive Cases Of COVID-19 In North Sumatra Add 248 People

MEDAN - The COVID-19 Task Force (Satgas) reported that the number of positive COVID-19 cases from North Sumatra Province increased by 248 people today. The total number of COVID-19 cases has now risen to 107,393.

Based on data from the North Sumatra COVID-19 Handling Task Force, North Sumatra is the 10th largest province in adding to the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 nationally.

This data shows that 248 new cases of COVID-19 in North Sumatra are local transmissions.

In addition to new cases, there was also an increase in the number of patients who recovered from the SARS-CoV-2 type virus as many as eight people so that the accumulation increased to 103,295 cases.

Then, for cases of death due to COVID-19 in North Sumatra, there were no additions, bringing the total to 2,900 people.

Reported by Antara, Saturday, February 5, with this addition, there are currently 1,198 active cases or patients undergoing treatment and isolation due to COVID-19. That number represents an additional 213 people compared to Friday, February 4.

Nationally, the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 as of Saturday increased by 33,729 cases, of which 33,225 were local transmissions and 504 were overseas travelers. The current accumulation is 4,480,423 cases.

Based on these data, the most cases came from DKI Jakarta with 12,774 cases, followed by West Java with 8,053 cases, Banten with 4,992 cases, East Java with 2,154 cases and Bali 2,038 cases.

Nationally recovered cases of COVID-19 increased by 10,471 people, currently the total has reached 4,172,458 people. The most recovered cases came from DKI Jakarta with an additional 8,300 cases.

Nationally, the number of deaths due to COVID-19 increased by 44 people, bringing the total to 144,497 people.