Shortness Of Breath And Fever, Two Nunukan Residents Died Due To COVID-19

JAKARTA - The Nunukan COVID-19 Handling Task Force, North Kalimantan Province released data on the development of cases of the COVID-19 pandemic in the 30th week of 2021 with two patients reported to have died.

Data obtained from the Nunukan Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) through the Head of the Emergency Sub-Division, Hasanudin, stated that two COVID-19 patients died on Tuesday, July 27 afternoon.

The two patients are NNK#3025 with the initials M, female, age 71 years old, having the address at Beligan Village, Sebuku District. This patient was found to be confirmed positive on July 26, 2021 and died due to respiratory failure or shortness of breath, comorbidities, hypertension, and fever.

The second patient NNK#3096 with the initials A, female, 50 years old, having her address at Bambangan Village, West Sebatik District, was confirmed positive on July 25, 2021.

This patient died due to respiratory disorders or shortness of breath, comorbidities, hypertension, fever, heart disease, and asthma. After these two additional cases died, a total of 49 cases or 1.58 percent of the 3,096 were confirmed until the 30th week.

Nunukan Regency has also been declared to be in the orange zone status with level IV so that the Regent of Nunukan Asmin Laura Hafid extended the implementation of the Implementation of Community Activity Restrictions (PPKM) until August 2, 2021. As reported by Antara, Wednesday, July 28.