Since March 23, 2020, a total of 2,233 patients have registered with the hospital of which 1,046 have been discharged (after recovering).
Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Wisma Atlet Emergency Hospital (RSD) in Kemayoran, Central Jakarta, recorded that a total of 1,046 COVID-19 patients receiving treatment at the hospital recovered from the novel coronavirus disease, as of May 12, 2020.

The figure was the cumulative number of patients, who had recovered from the infection since March 23, 2020, head of the Wisma Atlet Hospital Vice Admiral Yudo Margono, concurrently commander of the Joint Regional Defense Command I, noted in a statement here on Tuesday.

"Since March 23, 2020, a total of 2,233 patients had registered with the hospital, of which 1,046 were discharged (after recovering from the disease)," he remarked.

The Kemayoran Athlete's Village was converted to officially serve as a COVID-19 Emergency Hospital on March 23, 2020. The hospital has a capacity to accommodate 12 thousand patients.

Meanwhile, the COVID-19 Emergency Hospital on Galang Island in the province of Riau Islands also recorded eight recoveries, thereby bringing the count of inpatients at the hospital to 14, from 22 earlier.

"No COVID-19 patient is treated. The number of PDPs (patients under surveillance) reaches 11, while there are three ODPs (people under surveillance)," he noted.

The COVID-19 Emergency Hospital on Galang Island, equipped with 340 observation rooms and 20 isolation rooms, prioritizes Indonesian migrant workers and patients that have recently arrived from abroad.
In the meantime, based on data from the Task Force for the Acceleration of COVID-19 Handling, until Monday (May 11), 10 provinces with the highest number of COVID-19 cases comprised DKI Jakarta with 5,276 cases, 1,536 in East Java, 1,493 in West Java, 980 in Central Java, 541 in Banten, 331 in West Nusa Tenggara, 314 in Bali, 299 in West Sumatra, 278 in South Sumatra, and 263 in South Kalimantan.

Of the 10 provinces with a high number of COVID-19 cases, only DKI Jakarta, West Java, and West Sumatra had applied PSBB.

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