Sad News From South Sulawesi, Patients Died Of COVID-19 Total Becomes 2,166 People

Head of the Public Health Division of the South Sulawesi Health Office, Husny Thamrin. (Photo: Nur Suhra Wardyah/Antara)

JAKARTA - The South Sulawesi COVID-19 Task Force released that 14 more COVID-19 patients died on September 16, 2021, bringing the total death toll from COVID-19 to 2,166.

Head of the Public Health Division of the South Sulawesi Health Office, Husny Thamrin, in Makassar, Friday said, in general, South Sulawesi's COVID-19 cases have been sloping but related to death cases, it is still fluctuating.

"Yesterday, only three patients died and indeed those who died had a history of comorbid diseases", he said.

A total of 14 patients who died came from Makassar City 5 people, East Luwu Regency 5 people, Bulukumba Regency 2 people, Jeneponto 1 person, and Sidrap 1 person.

The South Sulawesi Task Force noted an increase in the percentage of deaths by 0.01 percent compared to the previous day. So the percentage is 2.01 percent until September 16.

Meanwhile, daily cases increased by 125 cases so that active positive cases reached 2,585 cases out of a total of 107,514 cases of COVID-19 in South Sulawesi.

"Today the recovery rate is more than the addition of cases. The recovered patients increased by 195 people and the recovery rate in South Sulawesi was 95.58 percent. Our recovery trend is better than the national one", said Husny.

The decrease in the number of cases and the increase in the cure rate also noted that the orange zone area in South Sulawesi was decreasing. Currently, the orange zone of South Sulawesi remains East Luwu Regency and Tana Toraja.

"Alhamdulillah, even Makassar City is now in the low-risk zone", Husny added.