Sad News From Southeast Sulawesi, In A Day 7 People Died Of COVID-19

Illustration - Medical officers bury the bodies of positive COVID-19 patients in Kendari. (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - The Southeast Sulawesi COVID-19 Task Force Team (Sultra) recorded that the number of deaths from SARS-CoV-2 infection in the province increased by seven today. Spokesperson for the Southeast Sulawesi COVID-19 Task Force, La Ode Rabiul Awal in Kendari, said that the additional death cases had increased. today spread across four regencies/cities. "Today, seven more people died, bringing the total number of people who died from COVID-19 in Southeast Sulawesi to 263," he said as quoted by Antara, Sunday, July 11. Today, a 61-year-old male from Wakatobi Regency, a 56-year-old female and a 56-year-old male from Konawe Regency, then a 62-year-old male, 64-year-old male, a 96-year-old female from South Konawe Regency, and a male 43-year-old man from Baubau City. Of the 17 regencies/cities throughout Southeast Sulawesi, all regions have cases of death due to corona infection.

The distribution of COVID-19 patients who died in Southeast Sulawesi included Buton District 14, Muna 18, Konawe 27, Kolaka 16, South Konawe 24, Bombana nine, Wakatobi three, North Kolaka 15, North Buton 10, North Konawe two, East Kolaka eight, and Konawe Islands one person. Furthermore, West Muna Regency five people, Central Buton three, South Buton five, Kendari City 72 and Baubau City 31. Meanwhile, positive cases of COVID-19 were recorded as many as 12,805 people, 10,461 of whom have been declared cured from the virus infection. He said that the positive cases of COVID-19 in Southeast Sulawesi today increased by 237 people with the most details in Baubau City 94 people, followed by Kendari City 48; Konawe District 35; South Konawe 20; North Konawe 14; Muna eight; Buton five; each of the four Bombana, South Buton and Konawe Islands; Wakatobi is one person. Meanwhile, 19 patients have recovered, with details of Konawe Regency 13, Bombana four, Kolaka Timur two. The current development of COVID-19 cases in Southeast Sulawesi must be the attention of all parties, awareness and discipline to always apply health protocols must always done when doing productive activities. "Observe the health protocol of wearing masks, maintaining distance, washing hands, avoiding crowds, and reducing mobility. These are important things to do. This includes participating in vaccines so that we can suppress and break the chain of spread of COVID-19 in our area," he said