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Covid-19 Update September 4, 2021: Active Cases Decrease in 3 Consecutive Days to 160,699

Tayang: Minggu, 5 September 2021 08:02 WIB

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TRIBUNBATAM.id - Active cases of Covid-19 fell for the third day in a row.

Currently, the number has become 160,699, after reducing 7,618 cases on Saturday, (9/4/2021).

While the positive confirmation of Covid-19 increased by 6,727.

The total number of positive cases of the coronavirus in Indonesia has now reached 4,123,617 since it was first announced by President Joko Widodo in early March 2020.

Based on data from the Covid-19 Task Force, of the total positive cases, 3,827,449 of them have recovered.

The number of recovered patients increased by 13,806 from the previous day.

Patients who died after being infected with the coronavirus increased by 539 from the previous day, bringing the number to 135,469 people.

Meanwhile, the number of specimens examined was 210,431.

Until now, Covid-19 cases are still increasing in Indonesia.

People wear masks as they walk in an empty street after Chinese New Year celebrations were cancelled in Beijing, China, 25 January 2020. On 25 January, the National Health Commission of China confirmed the death toll from the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak has risen to 41 with 1,287 cases of patients infected as of 24 January. EPA-EFE/WU HONG (WU HONG) (kompas.com)

Cases had experienced a spike for several weeks, now the decline has occurred significantly, including patients who died.

The occupancy rate of patients in the hospital has also decreased drastically.

The occupancy rate of Covid-19 hospitals in the capital of Jakarta is currently only 15 percent.

Of the 8,189 beds, only 1,211 were occupied or 15 percent.

Regarding the occupancy rate of ICU beds for Covid-19 patients, Riza said the number had decreased to 31 percent.

Of the 1,349 capacities, Riza said only 414 ICUs were filled.

However, the government is still implementing the policy of Enforcement of Community Activity Restrictions (PPKM) in a number of regions.

The level of implementation of PPKM is adjusted to the level of transmission in each area.

As of Friday (9/4/2021), the Ministry of Health noted that the national vaccination rate had been carried out on 65 million citizens (31.64 percent) for dose 1, and 37 million for dose 2.

Health workers wearing protective equipment take part in an exercise in dealing with Covid-19 patients, at Sanglah Hospital Denpasar, Bali, some time ago. Photo illustration (AFP)

DKI Jakarta is still the province with the highest vaccination rate reaching 115 percent, followed by Bali with 93.23 percent, Riau Islands 76.93 percent, DIY 57.29 percent, and North Sulawesi with 39.16 percent.

The five lowest vaccination provinces were Lampung with 12.63 percent, North Maluku with 14.89 percent, West Sumatra with 16.44 percent, Central Sulawesi with 16.97 percent, and Papua with 17.16 percent.