In Four Days, COVID-19 Recovery Rate In Sleman Is High

JAKARTA - The COVID-19 Handling Task Force (Satgas) of Sleman Regency, Yogyakarta Special Region, noted that in the last four days from 22 to 25 July confirmed COVID-19 patients who were declared cured were quite high and well above the daily number of additional confirmed cases.

"In the last four days positive confirmed COVID-19 patients in our area who were declared cured were quite high, namely 385 on July 22, 315 on July 23, 983 on July 24, and as many as 843 patients recovered on July 25," said the spokesperson of Sleman District COVID-19 Task Force, Shavitri Nurmaladewi in Sleman, reported by Antara, Monday, July 26.

According to her, the record number of recovered COVID-19 patients in Sleman is even far above the number of additional positive confirmed cases in the same period.

"Cases recovered in the last four days could be two-three times the number of additional confirmed cases," she said.

She detailed, on July 22, there were 298 additional confirmed cases, 385 recovered cases, 44 deaths, and 131 active cases.

Then on July 23, there were 413 additional daily confirmed positive cases of COVID-19, 315 confirmed cases of recovered patients, and 31 confirmed cases of death.

"Only on July 23, the addition of positive confirmed cases is higher than the number of recovered patients," she said.

Shavitri said, for July 24, there were 312 additional positive confirmed cases, 983 patients were declared cured, 21 patients died and active cases were recorded daily as many as 692 cases.

"While on July 25, 295 positive confirmed cases were recorded, 843 cases were declared cured, 27 positive confirmed cases died and 575 daily active cases," she said.

She said, for the cases of patients declared cured on July 25, there were 14 cases recorded in Kapanewon (Subdistrict) Kalasan, Ngemplak District 80 cases, Tempel District 85 cases, Pakem District 128 cases, Godean District 152 cases, and as many as 192 cases each in the Depok and Prambanan District.

"While the cases of patients who died were confirmed positive based on the results of the PCR swab test, including one case in Prambanan, three cases each in Depok, Mlati and Tempel, four cases each in Godean, Sleman and Pakem. One case of antigen swab each in Godean, Mlati, Depok and Berbah," she said.