Banjarbaru, S Kalimantan (ANTARA) - The South Kalimantan government's spokesperson for the Acceleration of COVID-19 Mitigation HM Muslim announced on Wednesday afternoon (April 29, 2020) four more of COVID-19 patients declared recovered after underwent a series of PCR test and today the number of recoveries became 20.
The four new recoveries are patient with a code name KSCovid#57, male, 37 years, from Banjarbaru, KSCovid#11, male, 74 years, from Tabalong. Then KSCovid#13, male, 35 years, from Banjarbaru, and KSCovid#28, male, 55 years, from Banjar District.
But, Muslim in Banjarbaru also revealed an additional of seven confirmed positive patients. Four of them came from the tracking of officers in the field, and three from Patient Under Surveillance (PDP) whose swab tested positive. Now the number of COVID-19 positive cases in the province became 157.
"Today there is an addition of two patients died, bringing the total number of confirmed positive patients who died to 10," he said.
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Of 157 COVID-19 cases --20 of which had recovered and 10 died-- 36 people are now being treated at the hospitals and 91 people are undergoing independent isolation and special quarantine.
The 36 patients are scattered, 20 at the Ulin Regional Hospital in Banjarmasin, four in Ansari Saleh Hospital Banjarmasin, one at the District Hospital of Boejasin Pelaihari, and one at the District Hospital of Abdul Azis Marabahan.
One at Idaman Hospital Banjarbaru, three at the District Hospital of Damanhuri Barabai, one at the District Hospital of Hasan Basry Kandangan, four at Bhayangkara Police Banjarmasin, and one at the District Hospital of Ratu Zaleha Martapura.
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