"To date, the total number of active COVID-19 cases in Bali Province reaches 7,991," Secretary of the Bali COVID-19 Task Force Made Rentin noted in Denpasar on Friday.
Of the 7,991 people, some 2,262 individuals, or 28.30 percent, underwent treatment at a referral hospital; 3,292 individuals, or 41.2 percent, received treatment in centralized isolation; and 2,437 people, or 30.50 percent, underwent self-isolation.
Furthermore, Rentin noted that Bali currently had 372 centralized isolation places, with a capacity of up to 6,780 beds.
"So far, 3,292 beds are occupied, or 48.55 percent of the available capacity, while 3,488 beds, or 51.45 percent, remain (empty)," he informed.
As of Friday (Aug 27), Bali Province had recorded 588 additional cases, thereby bringing the count of confirmed COVID-19 cases to 105,377.
Some 685 COVID-19 patients had made a recovery, while 45 patients succumbed to COVID-19 in Bali Province.
A total of 94,020 individuals, or 89.22 percent, of COVID-19 patients had recovered. On the other hand, the death tally stood at 3,366, or 3.91 percent.
The death rate in Bali remains high, despite a decrease in the number of COVID-19 cases that averages below one thousand per day.
According to the Health Ministry’s data, this Friday, Bali stood third with most lives lost to COVID-19, after East Java Province with 161 deaths, and Central Java being the second-highest, with 47 people succumbing to the disease.
Ever since the pandemic hit last year, scores have fallen to the deadly virus. The central government has continued to impose several programs, such as community activities restriction and mass vaccinations, as well as offer social aid to those affected and infected by COVID-19 in order to lower the severe health and socio-economic impacts.
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