The Majority Of Mukomuko Residents Who Are Positive For COVID-19, A New Type Of Self-isolation

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JAKARTA - The Mukomuko Regency COVID-19 Task Force, Bengkulu Province, recorded that the number of active COVID-19 cases in the past few days has increased from 55 to 68 people.

"Currently, there are an additional 68 COVID-19 patients who are undergoing self-isolation from 875 positive cases in this area, or an increase compared to the previous active case, which was 55 patients," said Mukomuko District COVID-19 Task Force Spokesperson, Bustam Bustomo. in a statement at Mukomuko, reported by Antara, Wednesday, June 9.

Bustam Bustomo, who is also the Secretary of the Mukomuko District Health Office, said this was related to data on the development of COVID-19 cases in Mukomuko District.

He said the majority of the 68 residents who had contracted the new type of corona virus were undergoing self-isolation at their respective homes and only a few people were in the hospital.

He explained that dozens of COVID-19 patients in the area who had not recovered from the COVID-19 disease were residents with various jobs spread across a number of local areas.

Health workers from both the Health Office and puskesmas in this area continue to trace the contact history of dozens of COVID-19 patients who have not recovered to prevent the spread of the virus.

He appealed to people who are still undergoing self-isolation to maintain their health and not to roam outside the house to prevent the transmission of the corona virus in this area.

To date, 783 of the total 875 local residents who have contracted the corona virus in this area have recovered and 24 COVID-19 patients have died.

The 24 COVID-19 patients who died were buried in public cemeteries, both outside and scattered in a number of local areas.