Day 30, 180 bodies a month

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – Maman, as an officer at the Covid-19 grave at Pondok Ranggon TPU, East Jakarta, does not deny that the body count of coronavirus type 2 (SARS-CoV-2) victims is increasing.

Per day, Mom said, as many as 30 bodies a day could arrive. Hundreds of bodies can penetrate even in a week.

“If a week could be 30. Once I had a maximum of 180 bodies,” he told Maman Kompas.com, on the phone recently.

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Due to the increasing number of bodies, Maman estimates that the cemetery is getting smaller. Only a few acres remain.

Mom documentation Maman, the Covid-19 funeral home while on duty at Pondok Ranggon TPU, East Jakarta

“For how many (total) bodies, maybe a thousand or two thousand bodies can still be,” he said.

Meanwhile, Nadi, as the manager of Pondok Ranggon TPU, said there were 1,100 holes left to bury Covid-19 exposed patients who died as of Friday (4/9/2020).

“Our land for Covid-19 is still 1,100 graves for Muslims and non-Muslims,” ​​said Pondok Ranggon TPU team commander Nadi (47) in Jakarta.

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Nadi predicts that the rest of the burrow will be exhausted in less than two months.

He calculated that the average number of bodies of Covid-19 victims buried in August 2020 ranged from 27 to 28 bodies per day.

KOMPAS.com/GARRY LOTULUNG Aerial photo of the funeral for COVID-19 protocol patients in Pondok Ranggon TPU, East Jakarta, on Sunday (5/31/2020). The number of positive COVID-19 cases in Jakarta reached 7,272 patients by Sunday (5/31/2020), with details of 2,102 people declared cured and 520 deceased.

“August 31 is a record for my service time since March, there were 36 bodies,” he said.

The remaining 1,100 burrows are located in an area of ​​7,000 square meters on the south side of the TPU.

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Since the Pondok Ranggon TPU area was used to accommodate the bodies of Covid-19 patients in March 2020, eight blades for burrows have so far been opened.

From March to the end of August 2020, Nadi said, officers had buried 2,623 bodies.

“We use bladder 91 to 99, except bladder 97 which is used for the general public. For different amounts, one bladder can be used for 240 bodies, there are also 300 bodies,” he said.