Tangerang City Health Office Records Daily Cases Of COVID-19 Continues To Decrease

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TANGERANG - The Tangerang City Health Office (Dinkes) noted that the daily number of COVID-19 cases in its area had decreased. On Sunday, February 20, 903 people were confirmed positive.

"If you look at the data for the last seven days, it tends to go down. If you learn from the peak of transmission cases in the past, if the positive rate drops, the number of cases will also decrease," said the Head of Tangerang City Health Office, dr Dini Anggraeni, Monday, February 21.

Dini explained that the spike in COVID-19 cases in Tangerang City began to increase when entering February 2022. Even the number had reached 1,500 to 2,000 cases.

"The highest addition was recorded on Saturday, February 12 with 2,253 cases," he explained.

"Even though we both know that at the beginning of the year there were very few daily COVID-19 cases in Tangerang City, only single digits, the highest was only seven cases," he continued.

Regarding the Bed Ocupancy Rate (BOR) both in hospitals (hospitals) it decreased to 51.85 percent from the previous 55 percent. Meanwhile, the Concentrated Isolation House (RIT) has dropped to 19.30 percent from the previous figure of 40.48 percent.

Nevertheless, he asked the residents of Tangerang City to continue to comply with the health protocols (prokes). This is done so that there is no further increase in the area.

The average daily number of cases in Tangerang City began to decline.

1. Saturday, February 12, the number of cases was 2,253 people.2. Wednesday, February 16, the number of cases was 2,178 people.3. Thursday, February 17, the number of cases was 1,972 people.4. Friday, February 18th, the number of cases was 1,557 people5. Saturday, February 19, the number of cases was 1,313 people6. Sunday, February 20, the number of cases was 903 people.