Almost Full, 90 Percent Of Hospital COVID-19 Isolation Beds In DKI Are Used

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JAKARTA - The DKI Jakarta Health Office revealed that 90 percent of the isolation beds at the COVID-19 referral hospital (RS) have been used despite the continued expansion of their capacity, even more than 10,000 isolation rooms and the "Intensive Care Unit" (ICU).

"Currently, there is 90 percent use of isolation beds (10 percent of the 9,000), while the ICU is 81 percent (the remaining 19 percent out of 1,000)," said Head of the DKI Jakarta Health Office, Widyastuti at City Hall, as quoted by Antara, Monday, June 21.

Widyastuti explained that currently there are 106 hospitals in Jakarta that treat COVID-19 patients and 13 of them are fully dedicated to treating COVID-19 patients. Meanwhile, other hospitals continue to receive patients with other complaints.

"We are not only preparing for hospitalization, but also a place for treatment if there are COVID-19 patients who require surgery. For example, pregnant women who want to undergo surgery," she said.

Widyastuti said the addition of cases did not only occur in adults, but also children.

However, she asked the public not to flock to the hospital, including the guesthouse provided by the DKI Provincial Government as a controlled isolation facility.

She also appealed to people without symptoms (OTG) to undergo self-isolation at home.

Moreover, the availability of accommodation at the guesthouse provided by DKI is also almost full. "Currently the position is filling very quickly, so it is full," she said.

However, if the condition of the house is not adequate as a place of isolation, they can report to the officers to find a solution.

The DKI Jakarta Provincial Government has also prepared the Nagrak Cilincing Flats, North Jakarta, as a place of isolation.

"Actually, the point is not a matter of the number (availability of beds), but how we invite residents to be more careful so they don't get infected. Of course, by following the health protocol properly and correctly," she said

Based on data from the DKI Jakarta Health Office that came in on Sunday, June 20, the addition of COVID-19 cases in Jakarta reached 5,582 people in a day.

That number increased compared to data the day before or on Saturday, June 19, which penetrated 4,895 people per day. As of Sunday, June 20, active cases in Jakarta reached 30,142 people.

Head of Disease Prevention and Control Division at the DKI Jakarta Health Office Dwi Oktavia said that on Sunday, June 20, her party carried out PCR testing of 19,572 specimens.

"From the number of tests, as many as 16,636 people were tested by PCR today to diagnose new cases with 5,582 positive results and 11,054 negative results," said Dwi.