5 Thousand People In Semarang City Died Due To COVID-19

Illustration - Central Java Governor Ganjar Pranowo witnessed the implementation of the COVID-19 Vaccination for Children at SMP Negeri 3 Semarang/ Antara

JAKARTA - As many as 5 thousand people in the city of Semarang died from COVID-19. This is from the Semarang City Corona Alert page.

Data from the https://siagacorona.semarangkota.go.id page as of Thursday at 12.00 p.m. local time recorded that the number of patients who died had reached 5 thousand people.

Of this number, 3.421 people are registered as residents of Semarang City and 1.579 others are from outside the region but are undergoing treatment at various health facilities in the capital city of Central Java.

The number of confirmed COVID-19 patients who are still undergoing treatment has reached 2.196. Of that number, 1.606 people are residents of Semarang City.

The Mayor of Semarang, Hendrar Prihadi, previously stated that the number of COVID-19 cases in the Central Java capital was still relatively high until a week after the implementation of the emergency Community Activity Restrictions (PPKM).

However, he said, various efforts made by the city government and relevant stakeholders during the implementation of emergency PPKM have been able to reduce the mobility rate of the community by up to 30 percent.

"We express our gratitude for the support of the community so that efforts to reduce the mobility rate to 30 percent can be achieved", he said as quoted by Antara, Thursday, July 15.

He targets to be able to reduce the mobility rate of the community by up to 50 percent to suppress the spread of COVID-19.

Other efforts are being made, he said, namely by increasing the number of closed roads and blackouts of public street lighting so that community activities can be suppressed.