Good News Coming From Palangka Raya, Only 10 COVID-19 Patients Left In This City

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JAKARTA - The Mayor of Palangka Raya, Central Kalimantan, Fairid Naparin gave good news. The number of positive patients in the area who are still undergoing treatment, only 10 people.

"The data released by the Palangka Raya COVID-19 Task Force from a total of 13,108 positive COVID-19 patients are still 10 people who are still undergoing treatment," Fairid said in Palangka Raya, Saturday, November 13, as quoted by Antara.

Fairid, who is also the Head of the Palangka Raya City COVID-19 Task Force, added that from the number of positive patients, it was recorded that the accumulation of recovered patients from exposure to the virus reached 12,582 after the addition of two recovered cases.

Although the recovery rate continues to increase, the youngest regional head in the Central Kalimantan Province asked the local community to continue to implement strict health protocols.

Moreover, the COVID-19 Task Force also noted that from all positive cases there were also recorded as many as 516 people in the capital city of Central Kalimantan Province, who died.

Fairid said the decrease in positive cases of COVID-19 according to him was also a form of the city government's seriousness in tracing close contacts between the community and positive patients.

As an effort to break the chain of spread of COVID-19, the Palangka Raya City Government, through the task force team, continues to make various efforts, ranging from socialization, early detection, security to case handling.

He added that currently cases of COVID-19 in the provincial capital of Central Kalimantan have continued to decline since the end of last October. As a result, the Palangka Raya City Government is currently implementing the implementation of community activity restrictions (PPKM) level 2 until 22 November.

Communities in the Capital Region of Central Kalimantan Province are also asked to always apply the COVID-19 health protocol as an effort to minimize potential and prevent the chain of spreading COVID-19 that never ends.