Looking At The Peak Situation 2 Last Week, The Ministry Of Health Calls COVID-19 Cases Starting To Mark Off

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JAKARTA - The Ministry of Health (Kemenkes) reported that the rate of COVID-19 cases affected by the XBB and BQ.1 Omicron Subvariants in Indonesia began to show a downward trend after the peak situation was exceeded in the last two weeks. "From our observations, now it has reached its peak. So the trend will decrease," said Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin after attending the Germas Award 2022 agenda at the Coordinating Ministry for Human Development and Culture Building, Jakarta, quoted from Antara, Tuesday, December 6. Reporting from the report of the Ministry of Health's Data and Information Center (Pusdatin) regarding the summary of the development of the COVID-19 situation in Indonesia as of December 5, 2022, there was a decrease in the rate of cases based on a number of indicators of the situation in the last two weeks. Confirmed cases decreased from 6,680 to 4,138 cases, active cases decreased from 59,711 to 54,900 cases, confirmed cases decreased from 6,680 to 4,138 cases, death decreased from 2.41 to 2.39 percent. Indicators in hospital care situations fell from 7,177 to 6,115 patients, the hospital bed occupancy rate fell from 12.12 to 10.52 percent. The positivity rate fell from 20.72 to 10.8 percent. The ratio of close contacts is the only indicator that has still increased in the last two weeks from 9.77 to 10.39. The Ministry of Health stated that XBB and BQ.1 had dominated all types of COVID-19 variants circulating during the pandemic in Indonesia. Screenshot - Data and Information Center Report (Pusdatin) of the Ministry of Health related to a summary of the development of the COVID-19 situation This variant shifts the dominance of BA.5 from October 10 to the end of November 2022 and then reaches 90 percent of patients. While the rest of the patients were infected with the BA.5 variant. Separately, Deputy Health Minister Dante Saksono Harbuwono in Jakarta, Tuesday (6/12) said the dominance of the new Subvariant generally lasted for three months. "Usually, if there is a new variant, it peaks for about three months. Now that Indonesia has entered its third month, hopefully this can be considered to have reached its peak," he said.