Cases Still Under Control, West Kalimantan COVID-19 Patient BOR Below 5 Percent

Illustration of a COVID-19 patient. (Between)

KALBAR - The West Kalimantan Health Office (Dinkes) recorded the bed occupancy rate (BOR) of hospitals where COVID-19 isolation patients are located in 14 districts/cities is still below five percent.

Head of the West Kalimantan Health Office, Hary Agung Tjahyadi, said the figure was based on the results of the recapitulation of data on the development of the COVID-19 transmission ratio in the second half of 2022 in West Kalimantan.

"Even so, the easing of the use of masks in West Kalimantan is returned to the prokes discipline position," he said when met in Pontianak, West Kalimantan, quoted from Antara, Wednesday, July 27.

He added, based on the results of the official data recapitulation, the accumulated positive rate in West Kalimantan was at 1.3 percent of the total population of 5.69 million people.

Meanwhile, the BOR for isolated patients is still very low, namely 1 percent of the total 120 beds provided.

From this figure, according to him, until now the level of transmission of COVID-19 in West Kalimantan is still very controlled, starting from April to July 2022. There are two additional deaths due to COVID-19 recorded.

"The 'positivity rate' in West Kalimantan is still at a low level because it is still below 5 percent, around 1.3 percent. This means that the transmission rate of COVID-19 in West Kalimantan is still in the mild category and still under control," he explained.

For those who are hospitalized, he said, the bed occupancy rate is still at 1 percent of the beds provided for isolation, from starting to drop very low until now, April, May, June, July, in the four months there two deaths.

Regarding the easing of the use of masks, according to him, his status will soon be returned to the position of discipline in implementing health protocols.

This is to anticipate a spike in transmission cases, considering that a new sub-variant of COVID-19 has been found in Indonesia.