COVID-19 Cases In South Kalimantan Increase By 23, Banjarmasin Becomes The City With The Most Additions

Health workers in South Kalimantan vaccinate residents for COVID-19. (Between/Humas Banjarmasin Health Office)

BANJAR - Transmission of COVID-19 in South Kalimantan Province increased by 23 cases. The highest cases were in Banjarmasin City with 13 cases.

According to the report from the South Kalimantan Provincial Health Office, apart from Banjarmasin City, the additional 23 cases also came from Banjarbaru City and Barito Kuala, each with 4 cases, and 2 cases from Banjar Regency.

"With the addition of 23 cases, currently 144 COVID-19 patients in South Kalimantan are being treated. The total number of COVID-19 cases during the pandemic in South Kalimantan is 84,582 people," said Health Office data, quoted from Antara, Wednesday, July 13. .

The most COVID-19 patients being treated at this time are from Banjarmasin City as many as 69 people, then Banjarbaru City as many as 31 people, Tanah Bumbu Regency as many as 13 people, Banjar Regency as many as 12 people.

Furthermore, from Barito Kuala Regency as many as 12 people, Tanah Laut Regency as many as 3 people, Hulu Sungai Selatan Regency as many as 2 people, Hulu Sungai Utara Regency and Tabalong 1 person.

There are 4 districts with zero COVID-19 patients, namely, Kotabaru, Balangan, Tapin and Hulu Sungai Tengah.

The South Kalimantan Health Office also reported on Wednesday that the recovery rate from COVID-19 was 7 people. They came from Banjar Regency as many as 5 people, North Hulu Sungai and 1 person from Banjarbaru.

So that the total recovery from COVID-19 since the two-year pandemic is 81,899 people. Fortunately, there are no additional cases of death due to COVID-19, until now the total is still as many as 2,539 people.

With all of these data, the percentage of COVID-19 recovery in South Kalimantan reached 96.85 percent, treated 0.15 percent and death was 3.00 percent.

Head of the South Kalimantan Provincial Health Office, Dr Diauddin, emphasized that all must be more vigilant, apply health protocols strictly, because COVID-19 cases continue to rise.

"So our area continues to be vigilant about COVID-19, don't slack off the discipline of health protocols, follow vaccinations," he said.