Jakarta's Latest Official COVID-19 Figures as of April 29

The Jakarta COVID-19 Quick Handling Task Force announces the latest information of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases as of April 29.

The number of people tested last week has reached 61,360

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 11,949 specimens. 9,559 of them were to diagnose new cases with 987 positive and 8,572 negative results. In addition, an antigen test was also held today, where 4,783 were tested, with 75 positive results and 4,708 negative results.

"The number of people tested last week has reached 61,360, while 349,201 people have undergone the swab tests. As for the number of active cases in Jakarta t, date was 6,718 people who were undergoing self-isolation at home (including data of athlete's homestead) or decreased to 378 cases," she expressed, as quoted by Jakarta's PPID press release, Thursday (4/29).

Latest Information on COVID-19 Cases and Vaccination in Jakarta as of April 28, 2021

As for the total number of confirmation cases in Jakarta to date was 407,831 cases. Of these cases, 394,403 people were cured with a cure rate reaching 96.7% and 6,710 people 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 8.9%, while Indonesia was 11%. WHO also set a standard percentage of positive cases of no more than 5%.

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 1,878,269 people (62.6%) and the total vaccination dose 2 now reached 1,182,862 people (39.4%).

With the detailed, vaccination dose 1 for health workers reached 127,317 people (113.4%) and vaccination dose 2 included 111,063 people (98.9%), with a vaccination target of 112,301 people. As for the elderly, vaccination dose 1 was done to 572,898 people (62.8%) and vaccination dose 2 included 446,748 people (49,0%), with a vaccination target of 911,631 people. In the public service, vaccination dose 1 was administered to 1,178,054 people (59.6%) and vaccination dose 2 included 625,051 people (31.6%), with a vaccination target of 1,976,757 people.

Based on the daily reports on April 28 at 6 PM, there had been a total fine of Rp 4,150,000. So, it was hoped that the public could be more disciplined in implementing health protocols and participating in curbing the COVID-19.

Amid PPKM Mikro, 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.

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.