Positive Cases Of COVID-19 In DIY Increased By 531 People

YOGYAKARTA - The Yogyakarta Special Region Government recorded that the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases had increased by 531 people, bringing the total to 159,750 patients.

"Based on the area of domicile, the 531 patients came from Yogyakarta City with 111 cases, Bantul Regency 99 cases, Kulon Progo 62 cases, Gunung Kidul seven cases, and Sleman 252 cases," said the Head of Public Relations of the DIY Regional Government, Ditya Nanaryo Aji, quoted by Antara, Wednesday, February 9th.

If referring to the case history, he said, the 531 cases consisted of 214 self-examination cases and 317 cases from contact tracing positive cases.

In addition to positive COVID-19 patients, Ditya also recorded 30 additional recovered patients, bringing the total number of recovered COVID-19 cases in Yogyakarta to 151,968 people.

Meanwhile, based on the area of domicile, the 30 recovered patients consisted of five people from Yogyakarta City, seven people from Bantul, and 18 people from Sleman Regency.

He recorded two deaths, bringing the total number of deaths in DIY to 5,282 people.

Based on data from referral hospitals, the total cumulative suspected COVID-19 in Yogyakarta as of Wednesday was 89,356 people, while the number of samples examined increased by 7,579 samples, bringing the total to 1,968,092 samples.

There are 141 units of special critical isolation beds in DIY, currently 18 units are used or a bed occupancy rate (BOR) of 12.77 percent, while the available non-critical beds are 1,120 units and have been used 196 units or a BOR figure of 17.5. percent.

Meanwhile, based on the results of the S-gene Target Failure (SGTF) in Yogyakarta as of Wednesday, February 9 at 15.00 western Indonesia time, the number of probable cases of Omicron or patients suspected of being infected with the COVID-19 variant of Omicron in Yogyakarta has increased to 496 people.

"Probable omicron 496 of the 595 samples examined," said Ditya.

According to him, of all the patients who had the samples examined, 15 of them had been declared cured.