Banjarbaru, S Kalimantan (ANTARA) - The spokesperson of the South Kalimantan Task Force Team for the Acceleration of Coronavirus (COVID-19) Handling Muslim declared that one COVID-19-positive patient from Banjarmasin was in stable condition.
"One patient, who was tested positive for Corona from Banjarmasin, is in stable condition," he stated in a news conference at the South Kalimantan Provincial Government Office in Banjarbaru, Sunday (March 22, 2020).
He said, he is one of the six patients undergoing treatment at the Ulin Regional General Hospital (RSUD) Banjarmasin and the positive result was just obtained from the Jakarta Health Research and Development Center (Balai Litbang Jakarta).
The patient, with a code Ulin 01 was a male, age about 40 years old, his condition is still stable in a treatment room and continues to be treated intensively by medical staff in the Ulin Hospital.
"Base of the results of the search, he was known to have traveled to the exposed area, Java or Bali," said Muslim, who is also the head of South Kalimantan Heath Agency.
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Previously there were six patients treated in Ulin Hospital, all were tested negative. Then one person died and the result of the examination was also negative.
"So, there were previously six patients treated, one died but not because of Corona. On Saturday night (March 21, 2020), one resident of Banjarmasin entered the hospital with a status of Patient Under Surveillance (PDP), so the number of patient become six, including one positive patient," he explained.
Meanwhile, the total number of People Under Monitoring (ODP) is as many as 362 cases spread in various districts and cities in South Kalimantan.
In Indonesia the death toll from COVID-19 pandemic rose to 48 on Sunday, while the number of positive cases increased by 64, bringing the total to 514 cases, the government's spokesman for COVID-19 handling, Achmad Yurianto. said.
"The number of patients who recovered increased by nine, after they had twice tested negative for the coronavirus, bringing the total number to 29," Yurianto said to journalists in Jakarta on Sunday.
The new confirmed cases of coronavirus emerged from Jakarta (40), West Java (4), Central Java (1), East Java (15), South Kalimantan (1), Maluku (1), and Papua (2).
