Jakarta's Latest Official COVID-19 Figures as of June 28

The Jakarta COVID-19 Quick Handling Task Force announces the latest information of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases as of June 28.

The number of people tested last week has reached 143,411

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 28,619 specimens. 22,895 of them were to diagnose new cases with 8,348 positive and 14,547 negative results. In addition, an antigen test was also held today, where 3,041 were tested, with 707 positive results and 2,334 negative results.

She mentioned the trend of active positive cases in children under the age of 18 continued to grow. Of the 8,348 positive cases today, 917 cases were children aged 6 - 18 years, 327 cases were children aged 0 - 5 years, 6,436 cases were aged 19 - 59 years, and 668 cases were aged 60 years and over. "So please stay at home," she expressed, as quoted by Jakarta PPID's press release, Monday (6/28).

Update! Jakarta Hits 9,394 New Covid-19 Cases as of June 27

"The WHO test target is 1,000 people who are tested by PCR per million populations 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 143,411, while 411,315 people have undergone the swab tests," she explained.

As for the number of active cases in Jakarta, date is 62,126 people who are undergoing self-isolation at home (including data of athlete's homestead) or increased to 4,831 cases. While the total number of confirmation cases in Jakarta to date was 528,409 cases.

Of these cases, 457,935 people were cured with a cure rate reaching 86.7% and 7,905 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 34.4%, while Indonesia was 12.1%. WHO also set a standard percentage of positive cases of no more than 5%.

Regarding the new variant, she also urged the entire community to remain vigilant as this virus spreads more quickly and causes more severe symptoms. Jakarta is actively examining Whole Genome Sequencing/WGS samples. A total of 128 samples were declared as Variant of Concern (VoC) as of June 28.

"Of these, it has been identified that 35 cases have a history of travel from abroad (imported cases), 45 local transmissions of the Delta variant in Jakarta, 22 local transmissions of the Delta variant in Debotabek where the examination was held in Jakarta, and 25 cases are still in the process verify, whether it is a Delta variant from abroad or a local transmission. As for the details of the 128 VoC, namely 12 Alpha variants (B.117), 3 Beta variants (B.1.351), 113 Delta variants (B.1617.2)," she explained.

Meanwhile, the vaccination process is 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 4,105,009 people (46.6%), with the number of people being vaccinated in a 1-day dose as many as 27,273 people. As for the total vaccination dose 2 now reached 191,2,914 people (21.7%), with the number of people being vaccinated in a 2-day dose as many as 1,684 people.

Then the achievement of vaccination for citizens aged 18-59 years, for dose 1 had been carried out to 3,505,132 people (44.3%) and vaccination for dose 2 covered 1,377,641 people (17.4%). As for the elderly, vaccination dose 1 was done to 599,877 people (65.8%) and vaccination dose 2 included 535,273 people (58.7%). While the mutual cooperation vaccination, for dose 1 had been given to 75,757 people and dose 2 covered 23,259 people.

Based on the daily reports on June 27 at 6 PM, there had been a total fine of Rp 2,750,000. 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. There were also 57 restaurants, food stalls, and cafes which have been temporarily suspended. In addition, 1 office/workplace, and 13 other places of business were also temporarily suspended.

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.