Child mortality rate due to COVID-19 increased in July-August 2021.

Cases of child deaths due to the Covid-19 coronavirus have increased in the last two months. Based on data from the Ministry of Health (Kemenkes), the percentage reached 2% in July and August 2021.

However, the child death rate due to the coronavirus was only 1% in April-June 2021. This percentage is lower than in February-March 2021, which also reached 2%.

This increase is in line with the rise in coronavirus cases among children in the last two months. In June 2021, the percentage of coronavirus cases in children was recorded at 12%.

This figure then increased to 13% in July 2021. Then, the percentage of coronavirus cases in children rose again to 15% this month.

Deputy Minister of Health Dante Saksono Harbuwono stated that this data must be heeded. Especially since children will be starting in-person learning (PTM) in several regions.

According to him, the implementation of PTM must truly pay attention to health protocols to protect children from the coronavirus. He also suggested regular coronavirus screening at schools to ensure that children and educators are not infected with the coronavirus.