Makassar, S Sulawesi (ANTARA) - Prof. Dr Syafri Kamsul Arif, spokesperson for the COVID-19 response task force of South Sulawesi Province, confirmed the recovery of 60 percent of the 70 health workers that had contracted the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

"The total number has been counted since March, and 40 of the 70 health workers had made a complete recovery," he stated here on Monday (June 22).

The rest of the health workers are in stable condition, Arif, concurrently director of the Education Hospital of the University of Hasanudin, remarked.

The condition of none of the infected health workers had deteriorated. However, two doctors were still present at the emergency care unit, he noted.

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Furthermore, Arif classified the two remaining doctors in the emergency room at the Wahidin Sudirohusodo General Hospital.

Of the 45 ventilators owned by the referral hospital for COVID-19 treatment, only two units were currently being used, he pointed out.

The ventilators were available at the Wahidin Sudirohusodo Hospital, Siloam Hospital, Dadi Regional Hospital, Sayang Rakyat Hospital, and Daya Regional Hospital, he stated.

In the meantime, Indonesia’s count of coronavirus cases touched 46,845 on June 22, 2020, with 18,735 people recovering from the infection, including 331 discharged from the hospital on Monday, according to Achmad Yurianto, the government's spokesperson for COVID-19 response.

"The death toll is (currently) 2,500. The number of patients under surveillance (PDP) reaches 12,999, while 43,500 people are under monitoring (ODP)," Yurianto noted during a press conference at the Graha BNPB in Jakarta on Monday.
On Monday, Indonesia witnessed the addition of 954 confirmed cases, with the death toll spiking by 35 from the previous day.

The highest count of new cases on Monday was reportedly in East Java Province, with 315 patients diagnosed with COVID-19, and 66 patients making a complete recovery from the infection.

Jakarta recorded 127 fresh cases and 74 recoveries, while South Sulawesi registered 111 new cases and 38 recoveries.

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Translator: Nur Suhra W, Fardah
Editor: Sri Haryati
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