Nine More People, COVID-19 Cases In Bangka Belitung Rise To 52,459

Secretary of the Task Force for Handling COVID-19 of the Province of Babel Archipelago Micron Space/Photo: Antara

PANGKALPINANG - The Bangka Belitung Islands Province COVID-19 Handling Task Force stated that 9 cases of COVID-19 transmission had increased, bringing the cumulative number of people exposed to the corona virus to 52,459. "With the addition of 9 cases, active COVID-19 patients undergoing isolation have become 57 people," said Secretary of the Task Force for Handling the COVID-19 of the Babel Islands Province, Mikron Antariksa in Pangkalpinang, Monday, January 31. He explained that based on the latest COVID-19 case data, as many as 9 cases of people exposed to the corona virus were spread in Pangkalpinang 4, Belitung 3, Bangka. South and Central Bangka each had 1 case, while West Bangka and East Belitung had zero COVID-19 cases.

"Today, 3 patients recovered from COVID-19 in Belitung 2 and 1 patient in West Bangka," he said as quoted by Antara. 20, Belitung 16, Bangka 7, Central Bangka 6 and South Bangka and East Belitung each with 4 patients. "In the past week, COVID-19 cases in Pangkalpinang City have increased, due to increased community mobility ahead of the Lunar New Year," he said. According to him, currently travel agents are the dominant contributor to the increase in the number of COVID-19 cases in Belitung and Pangkalpinang.