Sad News From Sukabumi, Newborn Baby Dies Due To COVID-19

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JAKARTA - A baby girl who had just been born died after being confirmed positive for COVID-19 due to infection from her parents (mother) who were positive patients for this deadly virus.

"The baby whose parents are residents of Surade Sub-district was born on July 8, 2021 and died the next day or July 9, 2021. The baby girl previously underwent a COVID-19 examination and the results were positive," said Public Relations of the Task Force for the Acceleration of Handling COVID-19 in Sukabumi Regency. Eneng Yulia in Sukabumi, West Java, reported by Antara, Sunday, July 11.

According to him, with the increase in underage patients who died, so far there have been several children in the second largest district on the islands of Java and Bali who died from COVID-19.

From his data, the number of children under five years old (toddlers) who were confirmed positive as of Sunday, July 11, reached 81 people, with details of 42 boys and 39 girls. The majority of children who contracted this deadly virus have recovered and some are still undergoing isolation.

In addition to newborn babies who died from COVID-19, this task force also received 12 reports of death cases on Sunday, all of which died had a history of other diseases or comorbidities with an age range of 36-90 years.

"Thus, today we received reports that there were 13 cases of death of patients who were confirmed positive for COVID-19, bringing the total who died had reached 294 people spread across various districts," he added.

Eneng said the number of deaths could increase, but he hoped that all patients who were undergoing self-isolation or in referral hospitals could recover.

Of course, prayers, support and enthusiasm are needed by both patients and health workers who work tirelessly to treat patients infected with the virus that first spread in Wuhan, China.

As for the data on the development of COVID-19 cases on Sunday, July 11, a total of 7,560 patients were confirmed positive or an increase of 199 cases, 6,155 of whom have been declared cured (an increase of 91 cases), 111 patients are still undergoing isolation and 294 patients have died.