Good News, The Condition Of COVID-19 Cases Now Has Dropped 64 Percent From The Omicron Peak

COVID-19 Task Force Spokesperson Wiku Adisasmito (Photo: BNPB dock)

JAKARTA - Spokesperson for the COVID-19 Task Force, Wiku Adisasmito, said that currently Indonesia has passed the peak period of the third wave of COVID-19 due to the transmission of the Omicron variant.

By mid-March, positive confirmed cases of COVID-19 had fallen by 64 percent from the highest peak some time ago.

"In just 3 consecutive weeks of weekly positive cases have fallen by 64 percent from the highest peak in mid-February last," Wiku said in a virtual press conference, Tuesday, March 15.

Likewise, the cure rate, which is trending daily, is more than the daily cases with an increase of 91 percent this week.

However, continued Wiku, the decline in the COVID-19 death rate was still slow. "Although slower, the number of deaths has also started to show a downward trend of up to 10 percent from the peak," said Wiku. Furthermore, active cases also decreased to 342,896 active cases this week, after previously reaching more than 500 thousand active cases at the peak. Omicron waves.

Then, the bed occupancy ratio (BOR) at the COVID-19 referral hospital continued to decline to 21.61 percent this week.

"Last week the percentage of cure was only 89.11 percent, the decrease in active cases and the increase in recovery also resulted in a decrease in the bed occupancy rate from 29.28 percent," he explained.