Riau Islands COVID-19 Task Force: Alhamdulillah, For More Than 2 Months No COVID-19 Patient Has Died

Acting Secretary of the Riau Islands Province, Lamidi. (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - The Riau Islands Province COVID-19 Handling Task Force recorded only three active COVID-19 cases in the region, after a patient in Batam was declared cured. The Daily Head of the Riau Islands COVID-19 Handling Task Force Lamidi in Tanjungpinang, Friday, said an active case of COVID "There have been no additional new cases in the last few days. Thank God, for more than two months, no COVID-19 patient has died," said the Daily Executor of the Riau Islands Secretary of State. This was reported by Antara, Friday, December 31. According to him, COVID-19 can be handled optimally because most of the community continues to consistently implement health protocols. In addition, the community's immune system has also been formed after the COVID-19 vaccination. "During the 2021 Christmas holiday, COVID-19 can be handled optimally," he said.

Lamidi said four regencies and cities in the region, namely the Anambas Islands, Natuna, Bintan and Tanjungpinang City Regencies were designated as COVID-19 green zones. Currently, Batam City, Karimun Regency and Lingga are still in the yellow zone or the risk of transmission is low. Lingga should have survived as a green zone after more than two months of zero active cases. However, due to an error in data entry, it was finally designated as a yellow zone or low risk of transmission, even though there have been no active cases of COVID-19 since two months ago. He revealed that the total number of COVID-19 patients in Riau Islands since the pandemic until now has reached 53,887. , spread in Batam 25,933 people, Tanjungpinang 10,230 people, Bintan 5,585 people, Karimun 5,488 people, Anambas 1,846 people, Lingga 2,310 people and Natuna 2,495 people. The total number of patients who have recovered from COVID-19 since the pandemic has reached 52,125 people, spread in Batam 25,090 people, Tanjungpinang 9,828 people, Bintan 5,403 people, Karimun 5,327 people, Anambas 1,799 people, Lingga 2,225 people and Natuna 2,453 people. The total number of patients who died since the COVID-19 pandemic was 1,759 people, spread in Batam 842 people, Tanjungpinang 402 people , Bintan 180 people, Karimun 161 people, Anambas 47 people, Lingga 85 people and Natuna 42 people. health officials, and support the vaccination program," he said.