Jember Resident Dies After Being Declared Positive For COVID-19

Funeral for COVID-19 patients in Jember (ANTARA/HO-PMI Jember)

JEMBER - A female resident in Jember Regency, East Java died after being tested positive for COVID-19 by the hospital, so the funeral procedure was carried out according to the COVID-19 protocol.

"Indeed, there have been reports of deaths of patients who were confirmed positive for COVID-19 and those concerned have comorbid B24, and have not been vaccinated because of these comorbidities," said Head of the Jember Health Service, Dr. Lilik Lailiyah, as quoted by ANTARA, Tuesday, July 19.

The patient was admitted to the hospital on July 13, 2022 with complaints of cough for a month, weakness, nausea, fever, difficulty eating and drinking due to pain in the oral cavity.

After the PCR swab test was carried out on July 14, 2022, the result was positive for COVID-19 and the final diagnosis was that the patient was infected with the corona virus, had comorbid B24, lung abscess with pneumonia, respiratory failure, anemia, and sepsis, so that the patient in question died on Monday (18/18). 7).

"The patient has a history of chronic infectious diseases and his death is not only due to exposure to COVID-19, but he already has comorbid B24," he said.

Based on data on the https://infocovid19.jatimprov.go.id/ page, it was recorded that the number of active cases confirmed positive for COVID-19 in Jember on Tuesday at 15.21 WIB recorded as many as 14 cases, bringing the total to 21,369 cases, with recovery reaching 19,868 cases and 1,487 deaths. case.

Lilik said public awareness to get booster vaccine injections is still low, so the Jember Health Office is aggressively conducting socialization to the public about the importance of booster vaccines.

"Until now the booster vaccine achievement is still 14 percent, even though we hope it can reach 30 percent. If it is in accordance with the provisions for achieving herd immunity, the booster should be able to reach 50 percent," he said.

Positive confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Jember are still sloping because there are only about 1-2 cases, but not every day there are cases and there are rarely cases of COVID-19 deaths.

Based on information gathered in the field, a Surabaya resident also died at a hospital in Jember Regency after being tested positive for COVID-19 on Sunday (17/7).

The patient complained of shortness of breath, cough, fever, nausea and vomiting, with a history of swollen heart and diabetes mellitus, so he was admitted to the hospital on Sunday (17/7). The patient has received two COVID-19 vaccines.

The patient, who was confirmed positive for COVID-19, died after three hours of treatment in the ICU of a hospital in Jember Regency.