Active Cases Of COVID-19 In Bangka Reaches 494 People

Illustrated (Irfan Meidianto / VOI)

SUNAILIAT - The Bangka COVID-19 Task Force (Satgas) of the Bangka Belitung Islands Province stated that the number of active COVID-19 cases had reached 494 people from eight sub-districts.

Spokesperson for the Bangka Regency COVID-19 Task Force, Boy Yandra, said that 494 people who are active with COVID-19 are currently undergoing intensive health care by the health team, both in hospitals and in isolation centers provided by the regional government.

Of the hundreds of active cases, each came from Sungailiat District with 271 active COVID-19 people, seven people from Riau Silip, four people from Puding Besar, and 110 people from Pemali.

In Merawang District there are 35 active COVID-19 people, West Mendo 24 people, Belinyu 35 active COVID-19 people and in Bakam District there are eight active COVID-19 people.

According to him, the number of hundreds of active COVID-19 cases includes daily case findings of 101 people. The finding of COVID-19 cases today is the highest number compared to yesterday, which was only 63 people.

"We ask the public not to be careless with the spread of the corona virus variant which has increased, the health procedure must be implemented in any place," said Boy Yandra in Sungailiat, reported by Antara, Thursday, February 24. He said vaccination services were continuously intensified to target community groups. The age of mandatory vaccination reaches remote villages even though the vaccination achievement is already above the national average which is set at 70 percent.

"The vaccination movement continues to be opened every day, and it is recorded that the achievement of the first dose of vaccination for the general group is already above 77 percent," he said.

Based on information on the development of COVID-19 in Bangka Regency, the total cases reached 10,486 people, 9,625 people recovered and 367 COVID-19 patients who died.