6 Districts in Batam City become Red Zones, Check the Details Here

Editor: Lia Sisvita Dinatri

TRIBUNBATAM.id, BATAM - The number of positive cases of Covid-19 in Batam, Riau Islands (Kepri) continues to increase. 

In fact, today, Tuesday (9/1/2020), the number of Covid-19 cases became 667 cases in Batam. 

There are the addition of 4 new patients in Batam. 

Head of the Health Division of the Batam Covid-19 Handling Acceleration Task Force who is also the Head of the Batam Health Service, Didi Kusmajadi, said today's additions were sloping. 

However, for the next day, there is a possibility that it will increase again if Batam people are less disciplined during the adaptation period for new habits today. 

"Today it is sloping, however, the total cases in Batam have reached 667 cases and it is possible to continue to rise," said Didi in a written statement, Tuesday (1/9/2020). 

Didi said, 4 new cases were still dominated by health workers, namely from the Embung Fatimah Regional Hospital, patient number 664 Batam with the initials AM (39) who was a close contact with the environment where he was assigned. 

Then, the patient number 665 Batam, with the initials MTWH (26) who is also a health worker at the Embung Fatimah Hospital.

"Currently, both of them have undergone isolation at the Embung Fatimah Regional Hospital with a stable condition and absolutely no significant disturbances," said Didi. 

Furthermore, case number 666 Batam, is a girl with the initials HRP (5). This patient complained of severe convulsions and had a history of infected stab wounds.

"The last, case number 667 Batam, Mr. FWS (26) an employee of a state-owned oil company. The person concerned performs PCR checks independently for his work, ”said Didi.

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From this addition, six sub-districts in Batam were immediately designated as a red zone, namely Batam Kota, Sekupang, Sei Beduk, Batu Aji, Lubuk Baja and Nongsa Districts. 

Batam Kota Subdistrict currently still has 49 treated patients, with a death rate of 9 people and 120 people who recovered. 

Sekupang District still has 63 treated patients, with a death rate of 3 people and 53 people who recovered.