92 Percent Of COVID-19 Patients In Riau Islands Recovering

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JAKARTA - The Riau Islands Province COVID-19 Handling Task Force stated that the number of patients recovering from COVID-19 continues to increase.

Regional secretary of The Riau Island Tengku Said Arif Fadillah said the number of patients who recovered from COVID-19 was 38 people, bringing it to 7,797 people or 92.99 percent.

He detailed the number of patients who recovered in Batam as many as 27 people, Tanjung pinang 10 people, and Lingga one person.

Meanwhile, the total number of patients who have recovered since the COVID-19 pandemic until now in Batam has reached 5,457 people, Tanjung pinang 1,228 people, Bintan 510 people, Karimun 384 people, Lingga 35 people, Natuna 87 people, and Anambas Islands 96 people.

"The number of active COVID-19 cases in Riau Islands is only 380 people, mostly in Batam", said Said Arif who is also the Chief Executive of the Riau Islands' COVID-19 Handling Task Force in Tanjung pinang, as reported by Antara, Tuesday, February 9.

Arif explained that there are 206 active cases of COVID-19 in Riau Islands, Tanjung pinang 75 people, Bintan 67 people, Karimun 12 people, Lingga 13 people, Natuna one person, and Anambas Island 6 people.

"Today there are 27 new patients added, consisting of 10 people in Batam City, eight people in Tanjungpinang City, seven people in Bintan Regency, and two people in Lingga", he said.

The total number of positive COVID-19 patients in the Riau Islands since March 2020 until now is 8,385, spread across Batam reaching 5,809 people, Tanjung pinang 1,328 people, Bintan 591 people, Karimun 414 people, Lingga 51 people, Natuna 89 people, and Anambas Island as many as 103 people.

While the number of patients who died as a result of COVID-19 reached 208, there is no increase today. Patients who died consisted of Batam 146 people, Tanjung pinang 25 people, Bintan 14 people, Karimun 18 people, Lingga three people, Natuna one person, and Anambas Island one person.

He invites all people to always apply health protocols during the adaptation period for new habits. This health protocol must always be implemented when interacting with families who do not live at home, friends at home, or work so that the family cluster and workplace cluster can be prevented together.

"Health protocols that always have to be done are wearing a mask, keeping a distance (not shaking hands), and washing hands with soap as often as possible", he appealed.