Even Though Gibran Rakabuming Is Still Isoman, Surakarta City Government Says COVID-19 Cases Are Under Control

Salah fairy tale smog kota Solo (Photo by Roihan Haidar on Unsplash)

JAKARTA - The Surakarta City Government, Central Java claims the rate of COVID-19 cases in Solo is starting to slow down following the handling efforts carried out by the local COVID-19 Handling Task Force.

Deputy Mayor of Surakarta Teguh Prakosa in Solo, Tuesday said that currently the number of active cases in Solo is much lower than in previous weeks.

"Right now (the addition per day) is 91, 60, our hope is getting better," said Teguh, Tuesday, March 15, as reported by Antara.

In fact, based on data from the Surakarta City COVID-19 Handling Task Force, the number of active cases in Solo as of Monday (14/3) was 1,958 cases, with details of 1,915 people undergoing self-isolation and 43 of them undergoing hospital treatment.

"Active cases have decreased by 50 percent (when compared to the peak). This is the work of the Surakarta team, including the Jogo Tonggo Task Force team," he said.

In addition, the hospital occupancy rate (BOR) also decreased gradually, from 71 percent to 65, and finally fell again to 51 percent.

"That's 65 percent of people (patients) from outside the city," he said.

Meanwhile, the Head of the Surakarta City Health Office (DKK), Dr. Siti Wahyuningsih, M.Kes, said that when compared to the Delta variant, the daily highest number of cases during the Omicron variant was lower.

Last year, during the Delta variant, the highest daily peak peak was 654 cases. As for the Omicron variant, the highest number of cases was recorded at 416 cases.

"Hopefully the case will not rise again," said Siti Wahyuningsih.