Positive Cases Of COVID-19 In Central Bangka Add 28 People

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CENTRAL BANGKA - The Health Service of Central Bangka Regency, Bangka Belitung Islands, stated that there were 139 positive COVID-19 patients, or an increase of 28 cases from the previous 111 active cases.

Head of the Central Bangka District Health Office, Dr. Anas Maarif, said that active cases began to show an increasing graph since early February 2022.

"However, we have not found any patients exposed to the omicron variant and we need to anticipate this," he said, quoted by Antara, Tuesday, February 15.

Tabulated data on the development of COVID-19 cases at the Central Bangka Health Office recorded a total of 6,760 people who were confirmed positive.

Of the 6,807, 6,486 people have been declared cured, 181 have died and 139 patients are in isolation (active cases).

The local government is now concentrating on handling cases of the new corona virus by continuing to vaccinate, socialize health protocols and prepare all adequate medical equipment.

The Health Office appealed to residents not to be complacent and to continue to be careful with the spread of the COVID-19 virus, especially the Omicron variant.

Based on the data on the distribution of cases, he said, four sub-districts were declared vulnerable, namely Pangkalanbaru, Namang, Koba and Simpangkatis sub-districts, with a higher case finding rate.

The tabulated data also records that the age of vulnerable people exposed to the new corona virus is 55 to 69 years," said Anas Maarif.