Update On COVID-19 As Of April 28: Most Of The Patients Died Aged 30-59 Years

Government spokesman for the handling of COVID-19 Achmad Yurianto (Yuri) (Photo: BNPB document)

JAKARTA - Spokesperson for handling COVID-19 Achmad Yurianto (Yuri) said, of the total 733 patients who died, most of them came from patients whose range was between 30 and 59 years.

"The most are aged 30-59 years with a total of 351 people," said Yurianto in a press conference broadcast on BNPB's official YouTube account, Tuesday, April 28.

He detailed, for the age range of 0-4 years there were 2 people who were declared dead. Then, in the age range of 5-14 years, 3 people died. Furthermore, in the age range of 15-29 years there were 19 people.

Then, for the age range of 60-79 years, as many as 302 people were declared dead and as many as 27 other people over 80 years of age. Meanwhile, 69 people are still being re-verified.

Yuri explained that until now, positive cases of COVID-19 had reached 9,511 cases, out of a total of 79,618 specimens examined.

There are currently 213,644 people under Supervision (ODP) and some of them have finished the monitoring period. Meanwhile, Patients Under Supervision (PDP) waiting for the results of the Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) test reached 20,428 people.

Meanwhile, for recovered patients, currently the number has reached 1,254 people and most of them are in the DKI Jakarta area.

"There have been quite a lot of patients recovered. DKI Jakarta has reached 363 people, East Java 144 people, South Sulawesi 108 people, West Java 103 people, and Central Java 89 people," he explained.

Infographic Update on the acceleration of the handling of COVID-19 in Indonesia as of April 28, 2020 at 12.00 WIB. # BersatuLawanCovid19 pic.twitter.com/fOKGDtvIyZ

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On the other hand, Yuri asked the public to remain disciplined in their daily activities, especially for the people in 2 provinces and 22 districts / cities that have established a large-scale social restriction (PSBB) policy.

Most recently, he said the City of Surabaya, Sidoarjo Regency, and Gresik had implemented the social restriction policy in preventing the transmission of COVID-19.

"The community is strongly disciplined because this is the key in handling COVID-19," he stressed, adding that law enforcers and officials would continue to monitor the community and remind them persuasively.

"The authorities will place themselves to always remind, persuasively invite the whole community to be able to carry out this (PSBB) well," he concluded.