Positive COVID-19 In Lampung Today Added 420 People, Total 26,884 Cases

LAMPUNG - The Lampung Provincial Health Office (Dinkes) noted that there had been an addition to 420 positive confirmed cases of COVID-19.

"The daily addition of positive confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Lampung Province increased by 420 people, bringing a total of 26,884 cases from the previous 26,464 cases," said Head of the Lampung Provincial Health Office, Reihana, Antara, Friday, July 16.

He explained that in today's positive confirmation cases, the additions came from 12 regencies/cities in Lampung Province.

"In detail, in Bandarlampung City today there are 89 positive cases, in Metro City there are 19 people, Pringsewu Regency there are 9 people, Pesawaran there are 16 people, and 17 cases in Central Lampung," he said.

He continued that in Tulang Bawang Regency there were 19 people who were confirmed positive, Mesuji 4 people, Tanggamus 28 people, East Lampung 147 people, West Lampung 51 people, South Lampung 14 people, and West Coast 7 people.

"Then today there was also a daily addition of 24 cases of death due to COVID-19, detailed in Bandarlampung City there were 7 cases, Metro 1 case, Pringsewu Regency 1 case, and Pesawaran 4 cases," he said.

He continued that there were 8 cases of death in Central Lampung Regency, 1 case in East Lampung, 1 case in West Lampung, and 1 case in South Lampung.

"With the addition of 24 deaths, the total number of cases has increased to 1,508 from the previous 1,484 deaths," he said.

According to him, in addition to positive confirmed cases and deaths, the addition also occurred in 127 suspected cases and 8 probable cases.

Based on available data, there has been a change in the risk zone for the spread of COVID-19 in 15 districts/cities in Lampung Province, where there are three areas with red zones, namely Pringsewu Regency, East Lampung, and also Pesawaran while the other 12 areas are orange.