Cases Of Death Of COVID-19 Patients In Mataram Recorded 0.8 Percent

Funeral of the bodies of COVID-19 patients / Antara

MATARAM - The Mataram City Health Office, West Nusa Tenggara Province, said that the death toll of COVID-19 patients in Mataram City from January 1 to February 24, 2022, was recorded at only 0.8 percent or 12 people out of a total of 1,532 cases.

"This means that our mortality rate is very low compared to the mortality rate in the first and second waves of the spread of COVID-19," said Head of the Mataram City Health Service, Dr. H Usman Hadi, in Mataram, as reported by Antara, Friday, February 25.

According to Usman, as many as 12 COVID-19 patients who died, on average from the elderly (elderly) and had chronic comorbid diseases.

Meanwhile, of the 1,532 COVID-19 cases, there are 953 cases of patients who are still being treated but most of them are self-isolating because they are confirmed positive with mild and moderate symptoms.

"There are less than 60 positive COVID-19 patients being treated in hospital isolation rooms. The patients are spread across a number of hospitals in Mataram City," he said.

Related to that, the bed occupancy rate (BOR) at 10 hospitals throughout Mataram City is still safe with an occupancy of around 35 percent. new every day decreased.

"Yesterday, February 24, 42 new cases were found, today we have only received 25 new cases. Hopefully there will be no more until tonight," he said.

Usman hopes that the findings of new COVID-19 cases can continue to decline to zero cases and the City of Mataram, which currently has PPKM level three status, can drop to level one.

"To lower the level, it is determined by many factors, but at least we have made maximum efforts by suppressing the number of new COVID-19 findings," he said.