Added 27 Positive Corona Virus Patients, Total Covid-19 in Batam to 2.136 Cases

Editor: Putri Larasai Anggiawan

TRIBUNBATAM.id, BATAM - Covid-19 pandemic cases in Batam have increased again.

Reporting from the official website of Riau Islands Covid-19 Handling Task Force as of October 18, there were a total of 27 new confirmed patients.

The addition of 27 new Corona cases has increased the number of Covid-19 cases in Batam to 2,136 cases.

Of the 27 new cases, data from the Batam City Covid-19 Task Force, consisting of 17 men and 10 women.

In addition, the private employee cluster again contributed 15 new patients from 27 new cases.

The majority of them were confirmed asymptomatic, and spread across a number of sub-districts in Batam City.

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Such as Batam Kota, Sagulung, Batuaji, Sekupang, Sei Beduk, Bengkong to Mukakuning Dormitory.

Not only private employees, Corona virus in Batam is also still targeting housewives (IRT), students, civil servants, entrepreneurs, teachers to banking employees.

The addition of this case was based on the results of the BTKL-PP Batam swab test, Saturday (17/10).

"These findings suggest that there is still the possibility of new cases from existing clusters, or new findings in Batam City," said Batam City Covid-19 Task Force Health Division Chairman Didi Kusmardjadi in a statement received by TribunBatam.id, Sunday (18/10/2020). (TribunBatam.id)

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