Even Though The Occupancy Of COVID-19 Beds Continues To Rise, The DKI Health Office Guarantees That It Is Still Under Control

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JAKARTA - The bed occupancy ratio (BOR) for COVID-19 patients in Jakarta continues to increase. This is in line with the current trend of increasing cases of COVID-19 and the Omicron variant.

It was recorded that as of January 26, the BOR for the isolation of COVID-19 patients had reached 45 percent from the previous 38 percent on January 25. There have been 1,756 isolation beds occupied from a total of 3,922 beds.

Meanwhile, the ICU BOR has reached 14 percent from the previous 11 percent. A total of 86 ICU beds out of a total of 611 beds have been filled.

Although the BOR number continues to rise, the Head of Disease Prevention and Control, DKI Jakarta Provincial Health Office, Dwi Oktavia, said that his party can still control the treatment of Coronavirus patients.

"Although bed occupancy has increased, this figure is considered to be well managed in health care facilities. Currently, the conditions that require treatment are relatively under control", said Dwi when contacted, Thursday, January 27.

However, if the BOR of COVID-19 patients continues to increase, Dwi said that her party will convert treatment by increasing the number of beds specifically for COVID-19 treatment.

"If it is necessary to increase the number of beds for COVID-19, then we will increase of course by making adjustments to the hospital. Is the arrangement of a hospital area full of COVID-19 with a mixed one, even though the treatment area is different. So, we see from all aspects", explained Dwi.

As of January 26 yesterday, there were 3,509 active cases in Jakarta, bringing the total number of active cases to 14,082 people who are still being treated or isolated.

There are a total of 886,999 positive cases of COVID-19. Of the total number of positive cases, a total of 859,305 people were declared cured with a cure rate of 96.9 percent and a total of 13,612 people died with a death rate of 1.5 percent.

The positivity rate or percentage of positive cases in the last week in Jakarta was 9.4 percent, while the percentage of positive cases since the beginning of the pandemic was 10.8 percent.

Specifically for the Omicron variant, cases in the capital city have reached 1,922 infected people. The details, as many as 1,309 people are foreign travelers and 613 are cases of local transmission.