Ahead Of Eid Al-Fitr, Fewer Than 50 COVID-19 Patients Remain In Surabaya

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SURABAYA - The Surabaya City Health Office (Dinkes) stated that there were less than 50 COVID-19 patients in the City of Heroes, East Java, in the second week of April 2022. Head of the Surabaya Health Office Nanik Sukristina in Surabaya, Tuesday 19 April, said, since the 23rd March 2022, the addition of daily confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the city of Surabaya, is below 100 (patients). Nanik said, based on data on the assessment of the COVID-19 situation in the City of Surabaya by the Indonesian Ministry of Health (Kemenkes), in the second week of March 2022 to the second week of April 2022, confirmed cases of COVID-19 were at 53.93 percent per 100 thousand population to 6.76 per 100 thousand population." The hospitalization rate reached 7.41 percent per 100 thousand population, to 2.29 percent per 100 thousand population. Also, the positivity rate was 8.36 percent to 1.24 percent. ersen," he said. According to him, the cause of the decline in COVID-19 cases in the city of Surabaya was the achievement of the vaccination program which was quite good, namely the achievement of primary and booster doses which were quite significant, thus forming the community's immunity to COVID-19. he continued, the Surabaya Health Office also continues to strive to limit community activities, starting from limiting community mobility between regions in Indonesia, to abroad to minimize the potential for COVID-19 transmission. continue to be evaluated every two weeks. As well as monitoring the process to ensure community discipline," he said.