Jakarta's Latest Official COVID-19 Figures as of April 27

The Jakarta COVID-19 Quick Handling Task Force announces the latest information of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases as of April 27.

The number of people tested last week has reached 62,924

Jakarta Health Agency's Disease Prevention and Control Division Head Dwi Oktavia Tatri Lestari stated, based on the latest data, the swab tests had been carried out on 11,223 specimens. 7,856 of them were to diagnose new cases with 393 positive and 7,463 negative results. In addition, an antigen test was also held today, where 5,797 were tested, with 85 positive results and 5,712 negative results.

"The number of people tested last week has reached 62,924, while 347,285 people have undergone the swab tests. As for the number of active cases in Jakarta t, date was 6,321 people who were undergoing self-isolation at home (including data of athlete's homestead) or decreased to 236 cases," she expressed, as quoted by Jakarta's PPID press release, Tuesday (4/27).

Latest Information on COVID-19 Cases and Vaccination in Jakarta as of April 26, 2021

As for the total number of confirmation cases in Jakarta to date was 406,205 cases. Of these cases, 393,205 people were cured with a cure rate reaching 96.8% and 6,679people died with a world with a death rate of 1.6%, while Indonesia's death rate was 2.7%. The positivity rate in the last week in Jakarta was 9.1%, while Indonesia was 11%. WHO also set a standard percentage of positive cases of no more than 5%.

The city government had provided isolation and ICU beds in handling COVID-19. Based on the latest data on April 25, there was an increase in the capacity of isolation beds and ICU beds in 106 referral hospitals. As for isolation beds of 6,942, the percentage of occupancy was 36% with a total of 2,507 isolated patients, while for ICU beds of 1,046, the percentage was 41% with a total of 428 ICU patients.

Meanwhile, the vaccination process was still ongoing. The number of vaccination targets for stages 1 and 2 (health workers, the elderly, and public servants) was 3,000,689 people. The total vaccination dose 1 was currently 1,822,711 people (60.7%) and the total vaccination dose 2 now reached 1,104,607 people (36.8%).

With the detailed, vaccination dose 1 for health workers reached 126,864 people (113.0%) and vaccination dose 2 included 110,554 people (98.4%), with a vaccination target of 112,301 people. As for the elderly, vaccination dose 1 was done to 568,335 people (62.3%) and vaccination dose 2 included 416,922 people (45,7%), with a vaccination target of 911,631 people. In the public service, vaccination dose 1 was administered to 1,127,512 people (57.0%) and vaccination dose 2 included 577,131 people (29.2%), with a vaccination target of 1,976,757 people.

Amid PSBB, residents wanting to enter the Jakarta area were urged to carry out independent COVID-19 check-up through the JakCLM via JAKI app. In this app, they could find out the risk of COVID-19 and got various health recommendations according to the risks they have. This contribution would help the government to prevent the diseases in Jakarta.

Based on the daily reports on April 26 at 6 PM, there had been a total fine of Rp 7,750,000. So, it was hoped that the public could be more disciplined in implementing health protocols and participating in curbing the COVID-19.

As for the information, the community also has the opportunity to donate with others in the large-scale social collaboration (KSBB) program. They can provide aid in the form of staple foods, fast food and cash. For further information, please visit corona.jakarta.go.id/kolaborasi.