Since The Beginning Of September, COVID-19 Cases In Padang Have Continued To Decline

Head of Padang City Health Office Ferimulyani Hamid/antara

PADANG - Padang City Health Service Head Ferimulyani Hamid said, since early September 2021 the number of COVID-19 cases has decreased and the recovery rate for patients with the disease continues to increase in the city of Padang.

"Since September 1, the daily number of cases in Padang has been below 100 or double digits, this is different from the peak of cases in July, which had reached 600 new cases a day," he said in Padang, quoted by Antara, Wednesday, September 15.

He said the percentage of recovered COVID-19 patients had also increased to 97.7 percent and the number of people with coronavirus infection who were still undergoing quarantine or treatment was only 400 people.

"From the peak of the highest cases of 4,700, currently there are only 400 people or a sharp decline," he said.

In addition, according to him, based on the risk zoning map at the neighborhood level (RT) in the 36th week of 2021, out of 3,424 RTs, there are 3,169 RTs already in the green zone (without cases of COVID-19) and 255 RTs in the green zone. yellow (low transmission risk zone).

There is no environment that is in the red zone (high transmission risk zone) and orange zone (moderate transmission risk zone).

However, according to Ferimulyani, there are still several sub-districts with more than 50 COVID-19 cases, such as Kuranji, Koto Tangah, and Lubuk Begalung.

"I hope that districts with high COVID-19 cases will implement strict PPKM by implementing health protocols, maintaining distance, avoiding crowds, and washing hands," he said.

In an effort to control the transmission of COVID-19, in addition to promoting health protocol counseling as well as examining and tracking cases, the government is intensifying the implementation of vaccinations.

Ferimulyani said that the target for the COVId-19 vaccination in Padang City was 726,615 people and until now the number of targets who have received the first dose of vaccine injection is 244,887 people and the target who has received two doses of vaccine is 147,812 people.

According to him, the Health Office has also started vaccinating 24,500 junior high and high school students in order to prepare for the re-implementation of face-to-face learning. implementation of face-to-face learning in schools.