Asked Not To Be Complacent, Health Experts Ask Residents To Be Aware Of Deaths Due To COVID-19

Director of Post-graduate YARSI University Prof. Tjandra Yoga Aditama. (ANTARA/HO-YARSI).

JAKARTA - YARSI University Postgraduate Director Prof. Tjandra Yoga Aditama appealed to the public to be aware of the trend of increasing cases and deaths due to COVID-19 in Indonesia. only the daily cases have reached more than 6,000 people, but also the number of deaths has increased to more than ten people," said Tjandra Yoga Aditama, quoted by Antara, Friday, July 29. from time to time which we need to be aware of. As an illustration, Australia experienced the highest number of deaths from COVID-19 per day on January 28, 2022, which was 155 people. "In the current Omicron era, there has been an increase in the death rate again," he said. Tjandra, who is also an expert in health science from the Faculty of Medicine, University of Indonesia, said that on July 27, 2022, the number of deaths in Australia was 126 people per day, already approaching the peak. Meanwhile, in Japan, said Tjandra, the highest daily new cases were on February 5, 2022, totaling 102,775 people. But in the current Omicron era, on July 27, 2022, the number of new cases has reached 209,694. "This number is double the peak cases that Japan has experienced so far," he said.

Reporting from the latest report by the Indonesian Ministry of Health's Balitbangkes as of July 26, 2022, confirmed cases experienced an increasing trend of 30.86 percent from the previous week with an average daily case of 5,000 to 6,000 more patients. Meanwhile, the increase in active cases reached 45.93 percent from the previous week with an average The daily average ranged from 38,960 patients. The trend of reported deaths decreased by 8.47 percent or an average of nine people a week. Meanwhile, the number of patients undergoing isolation in hospitals increased by 19.89 percent with an average rate of 2,615 patients during the week. Intensive care patients increased by 24.89 percent or an average of 296 patients per week. .