Governor Khofifah Calls Hospital BOR In East Java Starting To Decrease

East Java Governor Khofifah Indar Parawansa in Malang City, East Java, Monday, July 26 (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - East Java Governor, Khofifah Indar Parawansa, stated that the occupancy rate or Bed Occupancy Ratio (BOR) in hospitals and other health facilities for the service of positive COVID-19 confirmed patients in the province began to decline.

Khofifah in Malang City, East Java, Monday, said that based on data held by the East Java Provincial Government, as of Sunday, July 25 at 16.00 WIB, the occupancy rate at health service facilities handling COVID-19 had decreased.

"I want to convey that the BOR at the hospital, from 16.00 WIB yesterday, has gone down", said Khofifah, as reported by Antara, Monday, July 26.

Khofifah explained that the occupancy of the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) room is currently at 82 percent, while the isolation room for treating COVID-19 positive confirmation patients is 77 percent.

Then, she continued, for the category of availability of isolation rooms in quarantine homes, the current occupancy rate is 52 percent, and in emergency hospitals prepared for COVID-19 patients, it is 56 percent.

He reminded the entire community to remain vigilant even though the bed occupancy rate at the referral hospital for handling COVID-19 in East Java had begun to decline. The public must remain disciplined in implementing health protocols.

"However, the public must remain vigilant, do not think that the BOR has decreased, sloping, then we are loose, no", she said.

The East Java Provincial Government also encourages the public to take part in the COVID-19 vaccination program, in an effort to create group immunity from the corona virus. Vaccination is one of the efforts to break the chain of the spread of COVID-19.

Khofifah added that the additional supply of vaccines in East Java is currently being sent by the central government. Every week, vaccines are delivered to East Java Province twice.

"The vaccines come twice a week, we will distribute them immediately. The presidential directive when the vaccine is available, will be consumed immediately. The stock from the center is available and the schedule (of delivery) has been determined", she said.

In East Java Province, in total there were 277,104 positive confirmed cases of COVID-19. Of the total, 205,238 people were reported to have recovered, 18,513 were declared dead, and the rest were under treatment.