Good News From East Kalimantan, 2 Areas Avoided From The COVID-19 Red Zone

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The East Kalimantan (Kaltim) COVID-19 Task Force stated that two areas in the province, namely Mahakam Ulu Regency (Mahulu) and Paser Regency, were still protected from the COVID-19 red zone, amid the condition of eight other East Kalimantan areas in red zone status.

Spokesperson for the COVID-19 Task Force for East Kalimantan Province, Andi Muhamad Ishak in Samarinda, Saturday night explained that Mahulu was in a yellow zone status with 5 positive patients being treated, while Paser was in an orange zone status with 28 positive patients being treated.

"The movement of cases continues to increase, on average, there are more than 100 additional positive cases per day," he said, quoted by Antara.

He explained that in the daily case update Saturday, November 5, 2022, there had been an additional 122 positive cases.

The three districts and cities that contributed the most daily positive cases came from Balikpapan, Kutai Kartanegara and Samarinda.

"Balikpapan 57 kasus, Kutai Kartanegara 22 kasus dan Samarinda 14 kasus. Supplemented kasus lainnya ditemukan di Kutai Timur 9 kasus, Kutai Barat 8 kasus, Bontang 7 kasus, Penajam Paser Utara 3 kasus dan Berau 2 kasus," katanya.

Meanwhile, for cured cases, there were an additional 101 cases with distribution in Kutai Kartanegara 11 cases, Paser 3 cases, Balikpapan 52 cases, Bontang 7 cases and Samarinda 28 cases.

"The number of cases that have died this time has also increased by 1 case from Balikpapan," he said.

He said the accumulated number of positive cases in East Kalimantan was 211,986 cases, cases recovered by 204,804 cases and 5,752 cases died.

Meanwhile, data on positive patients who are still undergoing treatment in the East Kalimantan region are 1,430 cases

The details are Balikpapan 615 cases, Samarinda 203 cases, Kutai Kartanegara 187 cases, then East Kutai 94 cases, North Penajam Paser 83 cases, Berau 80 cases, West Kutai 79 cases, Bontang 56 cases, Paser 28 and Mahakam Ulu 5 cases, said Andi Muhammad Ishak.