Task Force: 94 Percent Of COVID-19 Patients In Bekasi District Are Healing Successfully

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JAKARTA - As many as 3,453 people or about 94 percent of all COVID-19 patients in Bekasi Regency, West Java, have been declared cured of the new type of corona virus infection.

"The cure rate for COVID-19 in our region has reached 94 percent, the highest during the pandemic," said spokesman for the Task Force for the Acceleration of Handling COVID-19 in Bekasi Regency, Alamsyah, quoted from Antara , Saturday, October 17.

"The other three percent are (still) in independent isolation, two percent are being treated, and one percent died," he added.

Alamsyah said that on Saturday there were 92 COVID-19 patients who had been declared cured and allowed to return to their respective homes.

"In the last week, since last Sunday until today, 379 people have been declared cured," he said.

Even though the number of recovered patients is increasing, he continued, the number of COVID-19 cases is still increasing.

"Today there are the addition of 41 new positive cases. In the past week there have been a total of 172 new positive cases. We are continuing to carry out tracking, screening, and mass swab tests to break the chain of virus spread," he said.

The accumulative number of COVID-19 cases in Bekasi Regency is 3,663 cases with details of 3,453 patients who have recovered, 51 patients have died, 60 patients are hospitalized, and 99 people are undergoing quarantine.

According to Alamsyah, 29 of the 60 COVID-19 patients who were hospitalized and 22 of the 99 people who were undergoing quarantine in isolation facilities had been allowed to return to their respective homes after the results showed that they were free from coronavirus infection.

He again reminded residents to be disciplined in carrying out health protocols to avoid transmission of the corona virus.

"We remind you once again that this virus pandemic is not over yet. Citizens are encouraged to continue their activities based on health advice from the government," he said.

"Don't be careless and slack, strict health protocols must be carried out with discipline and a sense of responsibility," Alamsyah said.