Good News From Batam City, Only One Resident Treated In Hospital Due To COVID-19

A health protocol socialization banner to prevent the transmission of COVID-19 was installed on the Pulau Behindpadang, Batam City, Riau Archipelago. (Photo: Naim/Antara)

JAKARTA - The Batam City COVID-19 Task Force, Riau Islands Province, noted that only one resident of Batam City was still being treated at a referral hospital due to COVID-19 on Friday. shared by the Head of the Batam City Communication and Information Office Azril Apriansyah, eight of the nine people who were infected with COVID-19 in Batam City underwent self-isolation and another person underwent treatment at the Awal Bros Hospital. The report also shows that on Friday there were no additional cases. COVID-19 in Batam City. The number of people infected with the corona virus who have recovered and died has also not increased.

The cumulative number of COVID-19 cases in Batam City since the beginning of the pandemic until now has been recorded at 25,831 cases with a total of 24,982 patients who have recovered and a total of 840 patients who died. The transmission of the corona virus has subsided in Batam City. There are no more sub-districts in the city that are in the red zone, a zone with a high risk of transmission. The three sub-districts on the buffer island, Behindpadang, Bulang, and Galang, are all in the green zone, the zone without cases of COVID-19. Of the nine sub-districts on the main island, six are already in the green zone, namely Sekupang, Lubukbaja, Batuampar, Bengkong, Seibeduk, and Sagulung. The other three sub-districts are in the yellow zone or zone of low risk of transmission. The three sub-districts in the yellow zone are Batuaji, Nongsa, and Batam City.