No Increasing COVID-19 Bed Occupation Rate Above What The WHO Has Been Concerned This Week

JAKARTA - Member of the COVID-19 Handling Task Force Expert Team Dewi Nur Aisyah said that currently, there is no province with the use of beds above the threshold for worry set by WHO of 80 percent.

"As of today, there is not a single province with a bed occupation rate above 70 percent. Only one is above 60 percent, the rest is below 60 percent", said Dewi in a YouTube broadcast by Center for Disaster Management and Operations (BNPB Pusdalops), Sunday, March 7.

The province with the highest use of isolation beds and ICU for COVID-19 patients was in DKI Jakarta with 65.5 percent.

Followed by Banten with the usage of 58.5 percent, South Kalimantan 57.9 percent, Central Kalimantan 55.3 percent, and West Java 54.9 percent. Meanwhile, other provinces have use of less than 50 percent.

Dewi said that this was accompanied by a decrease in the death rate over the past month. From January to February, the death rate decreased by about 2.000 cases or decreased by 37.8 percent.

The decrease in the use of bedding was also influenced by the decrease in the number of active cases. In a period of one month, January to February, active cases decreased by around 78 thousand cases or decreased by 30.7 percent.

"This is because there is a case-control. The curve starts to slope, then the percentage of using the bed also decreases", said Dewi.