Highest Record During A Pandemic, Daily New Cases Of COVID-19 In Bogor Reaches 310 People

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BOGOR - Data from the Bogor City Health Office noted that additional daily confirmed cases of COVID-19 recorded the highest number of 310 people during the COVID-19 pandemic since March 2020.

Earlier on Tuesday, June 22, there were as many as 230 residents of Bogor City who were confirmed positive for COVID-19. At that time, the Mayor of Bogor, Bima Arya Sugiarto said that the number of 230 cases was the highest record during the COVID-19 pandemic.

"This is the highest number during COVID-19 since March 2020. We must continue to be alert and vigilant," said Bima Arya in Bogor, quoted by Antara, Wednesday, June 23.

Based on data from the Bogor City Health Office, with the addition of 310 positive cases of COVID-19, Bogor City residents who are still sick reach 2,056 people.

This additional positive case has a direct impact on increasing bed occupancy (BOR) of positive COVID-19 patients at 21 referral hospitals in Bogor City.

Before adding 310 positive cases, the BOR of COVID-19 patients at 21 referral hospitals in Bogor City, as of Tuesday (22/6) there were 668 positive COVID-19 patients or about 78 percent of the 856 beds available at 21 referral hospitals. in the city of Bogor.

According to Bima Arya, based on research from the Bogor City Health Office, the high spike in positive cases of COVID-19 in Bogor City came from two clusters of transmission, namely the family cluster and the out-of-town cluster.

"Family clusters if we dissect again, the origin is mostly from out-of-town clusters. Bogor City residents who work outside the city, especially Jakarta, have contracted COVID-19 and infect their family members," he said.

In order to anticipate the continued increase in COVID-19 cases, the Bogor City COVID-19 Handling Task Force, chaired by Bima Arya, took anticipatory steps, first, increasing the availability of beds at 21 referral hospitals in Bogor City and adding isolation rooms for COVID-19 positive patients. 19.

According to Bima, he has asked the leadership of all hospitals in the city of Bogor to increase the availability of beds for COVID-19 patients at least 30 percent of the hospital bed capacity.

"At a coordination meeting with hospital leaders in Bogor City, Sunday (20/6), the hospital leadership stated that they agreed," he said.

At that time, there were 829 beds available for COVID-19 positive patients at the hospital, and as of Wednesday today it has increased to 856 beds.

Then, the isolation place for positive COVID-19 patients without symptoms or OTG, is at the BPKP Training Center Building in Ciawi Bogor with a capacity of 100 beds and is almost full.

"The Bogor City Government is preparing additional isolation places for OTG patients," he said.