The Total Number Of Kupang Residents Confirmed To Have Recovered From COVID-19 Is 4,377 People

Illustration of a COVID-19 patient. (Between)

KUPANG - Secretary of the Task Force for the Acceleration of Handling COVID-19 in Kupang Regency, Obet Lahan, revealed that the total residents of his area who had recovered from the COVID-19 infection to date have reached 4,377 people spread across 24 sub-districts.

"The total number of COVID-19 patients who have recovered from infection with the corona virus in Kupang Regency has reached 4,377 people since the pandemic hit this area," said Secretary of the Task Force for the Acceleration of Handling COVID-19 in Kupang Regency, Obet Lahan in Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT), quoted from Between, Tuesday 19 April.

He explained that this number included the addition of one COVID-19 patient who was declared cured on Monday, April 18.

He said the total number of COVID-19 cases in Kupang Regency to date has reached 4,468 people and there are still seven patients undergoing medical treatment due to exposure to the corona virus.

He said the COVID-19 patients who were still receiving medical treatment in the district bordering the Oecusse region, Timor Leste, were spread over four sub-districts.

He said that in East Kupang District there were two COVID-19 patients who were self-isolating at home, while in Taebenu District there were three people who still tested positive for COVID-19 and were self-isolating.

A total of two other patients spread across Amarasi Subdistrict, one person is in centralized isolation and in Sulamu Subdistrict one person is still in self-isolation at home.

He said residents of Kupang Regency who died from being infected with the corona virus had so far reached 84 people.