Only One Batam Resident Is Being Treated For COVID-19

PIXABAY ILLUSTRATION

BATAM - The Batam City, Riau Islands COVID-19 Handling Task Force noted that only one resident was still being treated at a referral hospital because he was confirmed positive for COVID-19.

In the report from the Task Force distributed by the Head of the Batam City Communications and Information Service, Azril Apriansyah, it was stated that six people were still positive for COVID-19, and five of them were in self-isolation. Meanwhile, another person is being treated at Awal Bros Hospital.

"Today, there were no additional confirmed cases of COVID-19. Likewise, none died. Meanwhile, one additional recovered was recorded", he said, quoted by Antara, Tuesday, October 26.

Cumulatively since the beginning of the pandemic, as many as 25,820 residents have been confirmed positive for COVID-19, as many as 24,974 people have been declared cured, and 840 people have died.

"The cure rate is 96.72 percent, the death rate is 3.25 percent, and active cases are 0.02 percent", the task force said.

Meanwhile, the spread of the Coronavirus is relatively controllable. Now there are no more districts with red zones.

In the buffer islands, of the three hinterland sub-districts, Behindpadang, Bulang, and Galang, all three are green zones.

While on the main island, of the nine sub-districts, five of them are green zones, namely Lubukbaja, Bengkong, Nongsa, Seibeduk, and Sagulung.

The other four sub-districts in the yellow zone are Sekupang, Batuaji, Batuampar, and Batam City.

Still, in the report of the Task Force, it was stated that from 840 cases died in Batam, 432 of them were without comorbidities, and 408 others with comorbidities.

It was noted that the highest comorbid diseases in COVID-19 death cases were diabetes mellitus as many as 215 cases, hypertension as many as 181 cases, and pneumonia as many as 104 cases.