Most Of The COVID-19 Patients Died In Riau Unvaccinated

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PEKANBARU - Spokesperson for the Riau Province COVID-19 Handling Task Force, Dr. Indra Yovi, said that the number of deaths due to exposure to COVID-19 had increased. Most of those who died had not been vaccinated.

"On average, patients who die are over 50 years old and have not been vaccinated against COVID-19. So, the importance of the vaccine is to increase immunity against the possibility of being exposed to severe COVID-19. " said Indra Yovie in Pekanbaru quoted by Antara, Sunday, August 1.

He said the COVID-19 patients who died were generally brought to the hospital late. In general, patients are brought to the hospital in severe conditions.

"Now there are more than 40 deaths, almost one or two people die within an hour. A month ago I said that every three hours one patient dies. Now, one to two patients die every hour," he said.

On Saturday, July 31, there were 50 cases of death of COVID-19 patients in all areas of Riau spread across 12 districts and cities, except for the Meranti Islands Regency where there were no deaths.

Indra Yovi said the high death rate was also due to the high number of cases. Meanwhile, the high number of cases is due to the decline in community discipline in implementing health protocols.

"The more positive the number, the more patients died. That's a definite formula. If you want to reduce the death rate, you have to reduce the daily rate by improving health protocols. It's not that testing is reduced, it's not allowed. Now testing in Riau has exceeded WHO standards, reaching more than 4,000 samples per day," he explained.