Good News COVID-19 Cases In Batam Only 4 People

Illustration of a COVID-19 patient. (Between)

BATAM - Good news has come from controlling COVID-19 in the Riau Archipelago. There are only four people infected with COVID-19 in Batam today.

The daily chairman of the Riau Islands COVID-19 Handling Task Force, Eko Sumbaryadi, said that active cases of COVID-19 in Batam fell drastically compared to before March 2022 which reached almost 2,000 people.

Batam, with the largest population in regencies and cities in Riau Islands, managed to rank third with the lowest number of active COVID-19 cases. Meanwhile, the Anambas Islands have zero active cases of COVID-19, and Lingga only has one active case.

The number of active cases in Natuna is also low. Currently, five patients are recovering.

Meanwhile, the number of active cases in Karimun and Bintan is 12 people each. The most active cases in Riau Islands are in Tanjungpinang reaching 31 people.

"We are optimistic that Riau Islands will soon have zero active cases of COVID-19 before Lebaran," said the Acting Secretary of the Riau Islands, quoted from Antara.

Eko revealed, the number of residents who were confirmed to be COVID-19 was no more than five people every day. While the number of patients who recovered reached dozens to tens of people.

Patients dying from COVID-19 are rare. Patients who died from COVID-19 on average had co-morbidities.

All regencies and cities in Riau Islands are designated as Yellow Zones or low risk of transmission.

He appealed to residents to obey health protocols, especially when doing activities. The use of double masks needs to be done to prevent the transmission of COVID-19 when the government begins to open community activities.

"Hopefully there will be no additional new cases of COVID-19 in Riau Islands," he said.