JAKARTA - The development of COVID-19 cases in East Kalimantan Province is dominated by the increase in cases of recovered patients by 267 people on Thursday, April 15.

The spokesperson for the COVID-19 Task Force for East Kalimantan Province Andi Muhammad Ishak said that on the same day positive confirmed cases also experienced an increase of 180 cases.

"Cases of recovery continue to dominate in every daily release, however, it is necessary to pay attention that positive cases also continue to move up, this indicates that the spread of the virus is still happening and people must continue to be disciplined in implementing health protocols", said Andi Muhammad Ishak in Samarinda.

He said additional cases of recovery occurred in Berau with 16 cases, West Kutai 76 cases, Kutai Kartanegara 27 cases, East Kutai 69 cases, Paser 12 cases, North Penajam Paser three cases, Balikpapan 43 cases, and Samarinda 21 cases.

Meanwhile, additional positive confirmed cases occurred in Berau with 24 cases, Kutai Barat 39 cases, Kutai Kartanegara 19 cases, East Kutai 13 cases, Mahakam Ulu one case, Paser 8 cases, Penajam Paser Utara four cases, Balikpapan 29 cases, Bontang 19 cases and Samarinda. 24 cases.

"With the addition of new cases, the accumulation of positive confirmed cases of COVID-19 in East Kalimantan is 66,235 people, while 62,502 people have been declared recover", said Andi M Ishak.

Andi added that there were five additional cases of death with details in Berau 3 cases, Paser one case, and Balikpapan one case.

"The total number of COVID-19 cases in East Kalimantan is 1,584 cases", he added.

He emphasized that based on data from the East Kalimantan Provincial Health Office as of April 15, 2021, 2,149 COVID-19 patients were still undergoing treatment.

There were 581 patients in Balikpapan, 561 in Samarinda, 288 in West Kutai, 198 in East Kutai and 190 in Kutai Kartanegara.

Furthermore, Bontang 185 patients, Berau 176 patients, Paser 93 patients, North Panajam Paser 65 patients, and Mahakam Ulu 12 patients.


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