Palangka Raya Leaves The COVID-19 Red Zone, 21 Sub-districts Enter The Green Zone

Illustration of the city of Palangka Raya in Central Kalimantan. (Kalteng.go.id)

KALTENG - Palangka Raya City is out of the red zone after the long Lebaran 2022 holiday. Palangka Raya Mayor Fairid Naparin said all sub-districts in his area had been freed from the high risk zone for the spread of COVID-19.

"Until today, none of our sub-districts are categorized as red zones for the spread of COVID-19," Fairid said in Palangka Raya, Central Kalimantan (Central Kalimantan), Tuesday 10 May.

He said that of the existing 30 urban villages, 21 of them are in the green zone category, four are in the yellow zone, and the remaining five are in the orange zone.

The village which was declared to be in the green zone category for the spread of COVID-19 was because it had been declared that no local residents had the status of COVID-19 patients.

Meanwhile, the sub-districts are categorized as red, orange and yellow zones because there are still residents who are positive for COVID-19.

Based on data from the Palangka Raya COVID-19 Task Force as reported by Antara, the 21 sub-districts that are included in the green zone are spread over two sub-districts in Pahandut District.

Furthermore, there is one sub-district in Jekan Raya District, five villages in Sabangau District, six villages in Bukit Batu District and seven villages in Rakumpit District.

Then the four yellow zone villages are spread over two villages in Pahandut District, one village in Sabangau District and one village in Bukit Batu District.

Furthermore, the five orange zone villages came from two villages in the Pahandut sub-district and three villages in the Jekan Raya sub-district.

Based on the same data, out of a total of 17,743 COVID-19 patients, 17,177 have recovered. This means that the recovery rate of our citizens from the corona virus has reached 96.81 percent.

Although the recovery rate of corona patients is high, the local community is still asked to always be vigilant about the spread of COVID-19. In addition, you must always obey the existing rules by implementing strict health protocols.

Moreover, of all positive cases, there are still 23 residents or 0.13 percent of the population undergoing treatment. The local task force also recorded that 543 corona patients had died.