Bali Records Highest Daily Case of COVID-19

TheIndonesia.co - Bali Province COVID-19 Handling Task Force reported daily COVID-19 cases of 2,038 people on Saturday, February 5, 2022. It was the highest record for new daily cases since the first case was discovered in March 2020.

"The highest daily addition of COVID-19 cases was reported in Denpasar City as many as 649 people, followed by Badung Regency as many as 565 people," said Bali Province COVID-19 Task Force Secretary Made Rentin in Denpasar, Saturday, February 5, 2022.

Apart from Denpasar City and Badung Regency, new cases of COVID-19 were also recorded in seven other regencies in Bali Province, namely Tabanan Regency (242 people), Gianyar Regency (174 people), Buleleng Regency (137 people), and Klungkung Regency (86 people). Furthermore, in Jembrana Regency (75 people), Karangasem Regency (64 people), and Bangli Regency (46 people).

Rentin, who is also Executive Head of the Bali Province Disaster Agency, stated that previously in 2021 the record for the highest daily addition of COVID-19 cases was 1,957 people. Based on the data from the National Task Force, Bali on Saturday was in fifth place for the highest number of COVID-19 cases after DKI Jakarta (12,774 people), West Java (8,053 people), Banten (4,992 people), and East Java. (2,154 people).

Starting from February 2022, the addition of daily cases of COVID-19 in the Province of Bali has increased to more than 700 people per day, namely on February 1 (715 people), February 2 (771 people), February 3 (1,501 people), and February 4. (1,789 people).

"Today it was also reported that 194 people recovered from COVID-19 and 5 people who died," said Rentin.

To anticipate a spike in cases, the Bali Province COVID-19 Handling Task Force together with districts/cities have also prepared as many as 90 centralized isolation places with a total capacity of 2,257 beds. As of Friday, the centralized isolation area has occupied 1,460 beds.