In The First Week Of February, COVID-19 Cases In North Sulawesi Added 346 People

MANADO - The accumulation of residents of North Sulawesi who were confirmed positive for COVID-19 continued to increase after the first week of February, which increased by 346 people.

"As of February 7, 2022, the accumulated positive confirmed cases currently reach 35,203 people", said Spokesperson for the North Sulawesi COVID-19 Task Force for the Acceleration of Handling, Dr. Steaven Dandel MPH, in Manado, as reported by Antara on Tuesday, February 8.

The increase in new cases in the first week of February increased when compared to the last week in January, which was as many as 90 cases.

At the end of January, the trend of increasing new cases of COVID-19 began to occur after in the previous weeks the number was below five cases and there were even no confirmed cases of COVID-19.

The peak of adding the newest cases of COVID-19 was in the first week of February, namely February 4, with 91 cases contributed from Manado City (36 people) and outside the region (34 people).

Doctor Steaven hopes that citizens will be disciplined to apply health protocols to prevent transmission.

He added, the accumulation of North Sulawesi residents who recovered increased to 33,736 people or by 95.8 percent after adding two people from Tomohon City.

Meanwhile, the case fatality rate was stagnant, standing at 1,048 people with a case fatality rate of 2.97 percent.

Furthermore, the accumulation of residents who received treatment due to COVID-19 was 419 people or 1.19 percent.