The number of inpatients, who are positive (or contracted COVID-19) at towers 5 and 6 reaches 2,475. Meanwhile, the last figure (on Friday) reaches 2,380. There are an additional 95 inpatientsJakarta (ANTARA) - The number of COVID-19 patients being treated at the Wisma Atlet COVID-19 Emergency Hospital, Jakarta, rose by 95 to reach 2,475 on Saturday, according to an official.
"The number of inpatients, who are positive (or contracted COVID-19) at towers 5 and 6 reaches 2,475. Meanwhile, the last figure (on Friday) reaches 2,380. There are an additional 95 inpatients," head of information for Joint Regional Defense Command I, Marine Colonel Aris Mudian, stated while conveying the updated situation of the Wisma Atlet COVID-19 Emergency Hospital here on Saturday.
Mudian also noted that from March 23, 2020, to January 15, 2022, the total number of patients referred to the Wisma Atlet COVID-19 Emergency Hospital had reached 133,629.
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Of the total figure, 129,487 patients had recovered, while 1,071 patients were referred to other hospitals, he remarked.
Meanwhile, as of January 15, 2022, the number of patients having succumbed to the virus at the hospital reached 596, he stated.
On the occasion, he also provided an update on the situation at Galang Island's Special Hospital for Infection (RSKI), Batam, Riau Islands.
According to Mudian, the number of COVID-19 inpatients in the hospital reached 247, comprising 162 men and 85 women, as of Saturday.
The figure has increased by one patient as compared to the previous day when 246 patients were recorded.
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He informed that from April 12, 2020, to January 15, 2022, the hospital had treated 18,327 patients.
Of that figure, the hospital had discharged as many as 18,079 patients.
The Galang Island's Special Hospital had, so far, recorded one COVID-19-related death.
The first case of COVID-19 was confirmed in Indonesia in March 2020. According to data provided by the COVID-19 Handling Task Force, as of January 14, 2022, at least 4,269,740 people tested positive for COVID-19 in the country, while 4,117,700 people recovered, and 144,163 people succumbed to the virus.
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