Jakarta's Latest Official COVID-19 Figures as of June 20

The Jakarta COVID-19 Quick Handling Task Force announces the latest information of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases as of June 20.

The number of people tested last week has reached 103,210

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 19,572 specimens. 16,636 of them were to diagnose new cases with 5,582 positive and 11,054 negative results. In addition, an antigen test was also held today, where 4,635 were tested, with 534 positive results and 4,101 negative results.

She mentioned the trend of active positive cases in children under the age of 18 continued to grow. Of the 5,582 positive cases today, 655 cases were children aged 6 - 18 years, 224 cases were children aged 0 - 5 years, 4,261 cases were aged 19 - 59 years, and 442 cases were aged 60 years and over. "So please stay at home," she expressed, as quoted by Jakarta PPID's press release, Sunday (6/20).

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

Of the 5,582 new cases, 7 cases were from Thousand Islands, 1,220 were from West Jakarta, 669 were from Central Jakarta, 1,082 were from South Jakarta, 1,562 were from East Jakarta, and 1,042 were from North Jakarta. The sub-districts with the highest number of cases included Cengkareng (238 cases), Penjaringan (208 cases), Tanjung Priok (206 cases), and Cilincing (202 cases).

"The WHO test target is 1,000 people who are tested by PCR per million population per week (not specimens), meaning that the WHO target for Jakarta is a minimum of 10,645 people tested per week. This target has been surpassed by Jakarta for some time. The number of people tested last week has reached 103,210, while 396,394 people have undergone the swab tests," she explained.

As for the number of active cases in Jakarta, date is 30,142 people who are undergoing self-isolation at home (including data of athlete's homestead) or increased to 3,030 cases. While the total number of confirmation cases in Jakarta to date was 474,029 cases.

Of these cases, 435,982 people were cured with a cure rate reaching 92.0% and 7,905 people died with a world with a death rate of 1.7%, while Indonesia's death rate was 2.7%. The positivity rate in the last week in Jakarta was 25.2%, while Indonesia was 11.2%. 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 8,815,157 people. The total vaccination dose 1 was currently 3,384,704 people (38.4%), with the number of people being vaccinated in a 1-day dose as many as 145,453 people (Jakarta's proportion of vaccines is 37%). As for the total vaccination dose 2 now reached 1,886,757 people (21.4%), with the number of people being vaccinated in a 2-day dose as many as 5,760 people.

Then the achievement of vaccination for citizens aged 18-59 years, for dose 1 had been carried out to 2,789,050 people (35.3%) and vaccination for dose 2 covered 1,345,724 people (17.1%).

As for the elderly, vaccination dose 1 was done to 595,654 people (58.7%) and vaccination dose 2 included 535,273 people (58.7%).

While the mutual cooperation vaccination, for dose 1 had been given to 51,827 people and dose 2 covered 11,313 people.

Based on the daily reports on June 19 at 6 PM, there had been a total fine of Rp 6,550,000. 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.

To get vaccine, residents can go to the vaccination site. However, to speed up vaccination, they must register online via JAKI app or corona.jakarta.go.id/vaksinasi. By registering online, they may choose the schedule and place of vaccination themselves, as well as being able to pre-screen online tests.

Currently, 326 vaccination centers/locations have been available in Jakarta and will continue to be added as needed. To find them, it can be checked through the Google Maps application, by writing "vaksin COVID-19".

The categories of residents 18+ who can be vaccinated in Jakarta are:

• Residents with Jakarta ID cards

• Residents with ID cards from outside Jakarta, but domiciled in Jakarta (bring domicile information obtained from the RT officer, not necessarily from the RT head)

• Workers in Jakarta who have ID cards from outside Jakarta (bring information from the workplace)

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.