Good News Comes From Palangka Raya, Covid-19 Recovering Patients Reaching 5,095 People

Deputy Mayor of Palangka Raya Umi Mastikah (Photo: Rendhik Andika/Antara)

JAKARTA - Deputy Mayor of Palangka Raya, Umi Mastikah, said that 49 COVID-19 patients in the local city were declared cured of exposure to the coronavirus so that the accumulation of people recovering from the virus reached 5.095 people.

"The data is based on yesterday's COVID-19 Task Force report. Although the cure rate is high, health protocols must continue to be implemented", said Umi in Palangka Raya, Central Kalimantan Province, as reported by Antara, Wednesday, May 5.

Moreover, she continued, the Palangka Raya COVID-19 Task Force still recorded an additional 49 positive cases of COVID-19. The accumulation of positive residents who contracted the virus reached 5.773 people.

Furthermore, based on data from the Palangka Raya COVID-19 Task Force in the "Kota Cantik" area who were positive and still undergoing treatment as many as 497 people.

Of all the existing COVID-19 cases, the number of patient deaths was also recorded. 181 people. Meanwhile, people with the status of suspect COVID-19 were recorded at 1.221 people.

The data has been compiled from all regions in Palangka Raya City, covering five sub-districts and 30 villages. The increase in COVID-19 cases, according to Umi, is also a form of the success of the health team in tracing close contact between the community and positive patients.

In an effort to break the chain of the spread of COVID-19, the City Government of Palangka Raya, through a task force team, continues to make various efforts, starting from socialization, early detection, security to handling cases.

The City Government of Palangka Raya also invites people in the capital city of Central Kalimantan to always implement the COVID-19 health protocol as an effort to minimize the potential and prevent the never-ending chain of COVID-19 spread.

In addition, Umi also invited residents in local cities to participate in the successful implementation of the COVID-19 vaccine, especially those that were targeted and entered the criteria.

"This vaccine is what we have been waiting for more than a year since the first COVID-19 case was detected. Let's succeed the vaccination and apply health protocols tightly", said the first woman deputy mayor in Palangka Raya.