Semeton, Record Again COVID-19 In Bali: 1,250 People Exposed, 33 People Died

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DENPASAR - The Bali Province COVID-19 Task Force recorded additional daily COVID-19 cases of 1,250 people. This figure is also a record for the highest additional daily cases in Bali.

"Of the additional 1,250 new cases, the highest additional cases occurred in Denpasar City as many as 579 people, followed by Badung Regency (178 people) and Buleleng Regency (165 people)," said Dewa Made Indra, the daily head of the Bali COVID-19 Handling Task Force in Denpasar. quoted by Antara, Thursday, July 22.

Then in Tabanan Regency (103 people), Gianyar Regency (78 people), Jembrana Regency (41 people), Klungkung (40 people), Bangli (34 people), Karangasem (28 people), and four people with domicile from outside Bali.

With the addition of 1,250 new cases, the cumulative number of confirmed COVID-19 positive cases in Bali Province has increased to 65,257 people.

It was also reported that 652 people had recovered from COVID-19, bringing the cumulative number of patients who had recovered to 54,759 people (83.91 percent).

In addition, today there were also 33 positive COVID-19 patients who died. The number of patients who died of COVID-19 on Thursday was also recorded as the highest additional daily death case.

Thus the cumulative number of patients who died from COVID-19 became 1,873 people (2.87 percent).

"Meanwhile, for patients who are under treatment or the number of active cases to date is 8,625 people or 13.22 percent of the total confirmed positive cases of COVID-19," said Dewa Indra who is also the Secretary of the Bali Provincial Government.

Meanwhile, the Head of the Bali Provincial Health Office, Dr. Ketut Suarjaya, said that the surge in new cases of COVID-19 in the local area was also triggered due to the entry of the delta variant of the COVID-19 virus, which seems to have been evenly distributed in various districts/cities in Bali.

In the last few days, additional daily COVID-19 cases in Bali Province have touched the number above 1,000, such as on Saturday, July 17, as many as 1,019 people, then on Wednesday, July 21, 1,111 people.

Based on bed occupancy data in hospital isolation rooms (BOR) published on the https://infocorona.baliprov.go.id/ page, the majority of districts in Bali have an occupancy rate of over 75 percent, some even approaching 100 percent.

In Buleleng Regency, BOR isolation has reached 99.45 percent, Gianyar Regency (92.5 percent), Karangasem Regency (86.92 percent), Tabanan Regency (81.68 percent) and Denpasar City (80.67 percent).

Furthermore, in Badung Regency (75.38 percent), in Klungkung Regency (75.17 percent), Jembrana Regency (63.44 percent), and Bangli Regency (40.3 percent). Especially in Buleleng Regency, the ICU BOR has also been 100 percent.

His party asked the Balinese to always be disciplined in implementing the 6M, namely wearing standard masks correctly, maintaining distance, washing hands, reducing travel, increasing immunity and obeying the rules.