The Healing Rate Of COVID-19 Patients In Palangka Raya Reaches 96.88 Percent

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KALTENG - The recovery rate of COVID-19 patients in Palangka Raya, Central Kalimantan (Central Kalimantan), reached 96.88 percent. This figure is based on the latest data from the local COVID-19 Handling Task Force on Sunday, June 5.

"Out of a total of 17,761 confirmed cases of COVID-19, 17,206 people have recovered. This means that the recovery rate of our citizens from the corona virus has reached 96.88 percent," said Palangka Raya Mayor Fairid Naparin in Palangka Raya, quoted from Antara, Tuesday, June 7.

Although the recovery rate of COVID-19 patients is high, local people are still asked to always be vigilant about the spread of COVID-19. In addition, you must always obey the existing rules by implementing health protocols.

The youngest regional head in the Central Kalimantan region said, based on the same data, from all positive cases, there were still five residents or 0.03 percent of the people undergoing treatment. The local task force also recorded that 550 corona patients had died.

In order to break the chain of the spread of COVID-19, the Palangka Raya City Government, through the task force team, continues to make various efforts, starting from socialization, early detection and handling of cases.

What's more, he continued, some cases were new transmissions and others were close contact or exposure from close family members.

The government and various related parties are also intensifying vaccinations as an effort to increase the body's resistance to exposure to the virus.

"If you feel unwell, such as fever or other symptoms, you should not gather together. If you are forced to continue to use a mask as an effort to anticipate the spread of COVID-19," he said.

Furthermore, Fairid said that of the existing 30 urban villages, as many as 26 urban villages managed to become green zones and four other urban villages were yellow zones for the spread of COVID-19.

The green zone villages are spread over six areas of Pahandut District, one area of Jekan Raya District, six areas in Sabangau District, six areas in Bukit Batu District and seven areas in Rakumpit District.

Meanwhile, the four yellow zone villages are spread over three areas in Jekan Raya District and one area in Bukit Batu District.