OVERVIEW OF VACCINATION STATUS AND COMORBIDITIES IN DEATHS DUE TO COVID-19 OMICRON VARIANT IN RIAU PROVINCE, 2022: Gambaran Status Vaksinasi dan Komorbiditas pada Pasien Meninggal Akibat COVID-19 Varian Omicron di Provinsi Riau, 2022

Rajunitrigo Rajunitrigo (Provincial Health Office of Riau, Indonesia)
Irwan Muryanto (Provincial Health Office of Riau, Indonesia)
Renti Mahkota (Faculty of Public Health, Universitas Indonesia, Indonesia)
Fajri Marindra Siregar (Faculty of Medicine Universitas Riau Arifin Achmad General Hospital of Riau Province)
Nina Elvita (State Islamic University of Sultan Syarif Kasim of Riau Province, Indonesia)
Eka Malfasari (College of Health Science Payung Negeri of Riau Province, Indonesia)
Mega Utami Basra (Faculty of Public Health Universitas Andalas, Indonesia)
Marwanty Marwanty (Public Health Centre of Wara Utara City of South Sulawesi Province, Indonesia)

Jurnal Berkala Epidemiologi
Vol. 12 No. 2 (2024): Jurnal Berkala Epidemiologi (Periodic Epidemiology Journal)

Background: The Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is causing problems in public health. One of the prevention efforts is vaccination. Omicron, the new variant of COVID-19, is a variant that is spreading rapidly in Indonesia, including in Riau Province. Purpose: This study aims to describe the determinants of vaccination status in deaths of Omicron variant COVID-19 patients in Riau Province from February to April 2022. Methods: Cross-sectional research was conducted using secondary data. A total of 158 patients who died with confirmed COVID-19 and the Omicron variant via S-Gene Target Failure (SGTF) and sequencing test, and were treated at a referral hospital in Riau Province within two months (8 February – 4 April 2022) were included in the study. The distribution of patient deaths was analyzed univariately and bivariately. Results: Most of the death cases were unvaccinated (67.09%). As many as 48.73% of the 158 deaths were elderly ≥61 years, and the majority (70.13%) of cases were unvaccinated. It was found that 64.56% of the 158 patient deaths occurred in mainland Riau, and the majority (67.65%) were unvaccinated. Diabetes mellitus (35.86%) and cardiovascular disease (28.97%) were the highest comorbidities. Conclusion: In preventing deaths due to COVID-19, it is necessary to accelerate and increase vaccination coverage, especially for children and the elderly in land and coastal areas. Vaccination can optimize protection against COVID-19. Apart from that, efforts are needed to prevent the severity of comorbidities.