JAKARTA - The Mayor of Semarang, Hendrar Prihadi, revealed that the death rate from COVID-19 in the Central Java capital was still relatively high during the PPKM extension period.
"The death rate from COVID-19 is still around 6.2 percent, still above the national average. the maximum is set at 5.percent," said the Mayor in Semarang, Wednesday.
However, the daily average death rate due to COVID-19 has decreased since the implementation of PPKM on July 3 to 20, 2021. On July 3, the average death rate reached 340 people per day.
The number, according to him, has now dropped to 271 people per day.
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He mentioned many factors that influenced the high mortality rate, such as the high occupancy rate in hospitals in the last two to three weeks, so many decided to self-isolate.
In addition, there were also limitations during the travel process to quarantine places.
People's understanding of health is also one of the causes. "There is a lack of understanding about health. When it is time to go to a health facility, we are not aware of it," he said.
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