Jakarta's Latest Official COVID-19 Figures as of May 25

The Jakarta COVID-19 Quick Handling Task Force announces the latest information of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases as of May 25.

The number of people tested last week has reached 59,726

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 10,147 specimens. 7,610 of them were to diagnose new cases with 384 positive and 7,226 negative results. In addition, an antigen test was also held today, where 7,941 were tested, with 88positive results and 7,853 negative results.

"The number of people tested last week has reached 59,726, while 368,192 people have undergone the swab tests. As for the number of active cases in Jakarta, date is 10,480 people who are undergoing self-isolation at home (including data of athlete's homestead) or decreased to 136 cases," she expressed, as quoted by Jakarta's PPID press release, Tuesday (5/25).

Latest Information on COVID-19 Cases and Vaccination in Jakarta as of May 24, 2021

As for the total number of confirmation cases in Jakarta to date was 425,212 cases. Of these cases, 407,493 people were cured with a cure rate reaching 95.8% and 7,239 people died with a world with a death rate of 1.7%, while Indonesia's death rate was 8.9%. The positivity rate in the last week in Jakarta was 10.9%, while Indonesia was 10.9%. 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 2,329,514 people (77.6%) and the total vaccination dose 2 now reached 1,663,767 people (55.4%). While for the Mutual Cooperation Vaccination, the total in Jakarta was currently 5,129 people.

With the detailed, vaccination dose 1 for health workers reached 130,064 people (115.8) and vaccination dose 2 included 115,709 people (103%), with a vaccination target of 112,301 people.

As for the elderly, vaccination dose 1 was done to 589,583 people (64.7%) and vaccination dose 2 included 523,390 people (57.4%), with a vaccination target of 911,631 people. In the public service, vaccination dose 1 was administered to 1,609,867 people (81.4%) and vaccination dose 2 included 1.024.668 people (51.8%), with a vaccination target of 1,976,757 people.

On the other hand, the Jakarta administration was still providing isolation and ICU beds in handling Covid-19. Based on the Health Agency's data until May 23, there were 6,620 isolation beds, the percentage of occupancy was 28% with a total of 1,846 isolation patients. Meanwhile, 1,017 ICU beds, the percentage of filling was 31% with a total of 313 ICU patients.

Based on the daily reports on May 24 at 6 PM, there had been a total fine of Rp 6,950,000. 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.