COVID-19 Cases Increase, Cirebon City Hospital Occupancy Reaches 49 Percent

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CIREBON - The Cirebon City Health Office, West Java, recorded the bed occupancy ratio (BOR) in 10 COVID-19 referral hospitals in the area reaching 49 percent of the available beds. available capacity," said Head of Cirebon City Health Office Edy Sugiarto in Cirebon, Friday, February 18. He said that currently out of 10 hospitals treating COVID-19 patients, there are 460 more beds provided, and 49 percent have been filled. treated at the Cirebon City hospital, not only from the area itself, but other residents from the surrounding area were also treated.

For this reason, there are several hospitals that have returned to add beds for COVID-19 patients, so that when cases increase they can be served. According to him, positive cases of COVID-19 in Cirebon City, on average, are Omicron variants and from several samples sent to be tested the results show positive for Omicron. "Covid-19 cases, as many as 85 percent of the remaining Omicron variants are delta," he said. Currently, active COVID-19 cases in Cirebon City have reached 456 people after 62 people were exposed on Friday. On the same day there were also the death of one person, bringing the total to date 534 have died due to exposure to COVID-19. Meanwhile, the number of residents who have finished isolating has increased by eight