Coffin Sales In Medan Have Increased Since The COVID Pandemic, Ordered Over 100 Units In A Month

Making the coffin of a craftsman in the city of Medan, North Sumatra, named Imron. (ANTARA/Fransisco Carolio)

MEDAN - The demand for coffins from hospitals for the needs of patients who died from COVID-19 in Medan City, North Sumatra, has increased along with the increasing number of COVID-19 deaths in the area.

"It has increased from about 20 to 30 percent," said a coffin craftsman named Imron in Medan as quoted by Antara, Saturday, July 10.

Since the COVID-19 pandemic in Medan City, requests for coffins from COVID-19 referral hospitals have continued to soar.

Even since the beginning of 2021, sales of coffins produced by him have averaged over 100 units in a month.

"Per month above 100, at least 70 crates. Both orders for COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 patients," he said.

One unit of Imron's coffin is priced from Rp. 500 thousand to Rp. 40 million, depending on the quality of the raw materials and the complexity of making the coffin.

"For the COVID-19 crate that we sent to the hospital it was according to the standard," he said.

Meanwhile, based on the official website of the Medan City COVID-19 Task Force (Satgas) noted, the number of deaths in the city until July 9, 2021 reached 646 people.

Then, for confirmed cases of COVID-19 the accumulation reached 19,106 people, and the COVID-19 recovery rate reached 17,156 people.