Marabahan, S Kalimantan (ANTARA) - Until Sunday (April 19, 2020), 15 residents of Barito Kuala (Batola) were confirmed positive for the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19), spokesperson for the district's COVID-19 emergency response Azizah Sri Widari said.
"Currently, 15 residents of Batola have confirmed positive for COVID-19. They are 11 previous patients and four new patients," Azizah, who heads the Health Agency, said here on Sunday.
The four new patients, she explained, determined based on the results of PCR examination or throat swab test on eight Persons Under Monitoring (ODP).
"Of the eight ODP, four were positive and four other negatives," she said.
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The four positive patients, she detailed, are patient with a code Btl-12, male, 44 years old, Btl-13, male, 27 years, Btl-14, male, 43 years, Btl-15, male, 30 years. All of them are domiciled in the Barambai Sub-district, and they had traveled to Gowa, South Sulawesi.
"All patients are now being isolated independently at the SKB and will be referred to the District Hospital of Abdul Aziz Marabahan," she said.
Meanwhile, the figure of People Without Symptoms (OTG) in the Batola is 58 and 43 of them are of old OTG, the other 15 are new OTG. While the number of People Under Monitoring (ODP) in the district is 45.
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