Task Force: Active Cases Of COVID-19 Have Decreased, Death Of Doctors And Health Workers Have Also Decreased

Chairman of the Task Force (Task Force) Handling COVID-19, Doni Monardo (Photo: Doc BNPB)

JAKARTA - Chairman of the Task Force for Handling COVID-19 Doni Monardo said that currently, the trend of active cases of COVID-19 has begun to decline. Active cases are COVID-19 patients who are still undergoing isolation or being treated in hospital.

"I feel very happy today because overall our active cases have decreased significantly", Doni said in a YouTube broadcast of the National Board for Disaster Management Center for Control and Operations (BNPB Pusdalops), Sunday, March 14.

Based on data from the task force, active cases of COVID-19 peaked in January, reaching 175.094 cases in one day. The highest figure was in February, which reached 176.672 active cases. However, after that, it declined again.

Doni said that the high number of active cases will be followed by the number of bed occupation rates (BOR) in the hospital for the ICU and isolation which is also quite high.

In fact, several provinces at the end of last January had reached 100 percent filled, especially the ICU room.

Doni said that the high number of active cases had implications for the mortality rate for doctors and health workers. "The high number of active cases, then the BOR for ICU, and the high isolation will have a direct impact on health workers and doctors", said Doni.

In December, the death rate for doctors and health workers began to increase, namely 55 doctors and 132 health workers. In January, it increased, with the death of 58 doctors and 167 health workers. Furthermore, in February, the mortality rate decreased with the deaths of 22 doctors and 61 health workers.

This, said Doni, is in line with the decline in active cases. As of March 14, there were 137.912 active cases.

"If every day there are more positive cases of COVID-19, then the active cases will decrease. If the active cases decrease, automatically the number of patients in the hospital will decrease", said the Head of the National Board for Disaster Management (BNPB).

"When there are fewer patients in the hospital, there will be relaxation so that the health fighters, namely doctors and nurses, can have sufficient time to recover", he continued.