Jakarta Hits 9,399 New Covid-19 Cases as of July 2
Reported by Aldi Geri Lumban Tobing | Translated by Nugroho Adibrata
The number of people tested last week has reached 153,131
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 30,558 specimens. 23,835 of them were to diagnose new cases with 9,399 positive and 14,436 negative results. In addition, an antigen test was also held today, where 4,294 were tested, with 1,033 positive results and 3,261 negative results.
She mentioned the trend of active positive cases in children under the age of 18 continued to grow. Of the 9,399 positive cases today, 1,056 cases were children aged 6 - 18 years, 360 cases were children aged 0 - 5 years, 7,198 cases were aged 19 - 59 years, and 785 cases were aged 60 years and over.
Latest Information on COVID-19 Cases and Vaccination in Jakarta as of July 1, 2021"This is very important for parents to take care of their children more strictly and avoid going out of the house with the children. As much as possible do activities at home with children, as positive cases in children are currently still high," she urged, as quoted by Jakarta PPID's press release, Friday (7/2).
As for 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 153,131, while 419,233 people have undergone the swab tests," she explained.
As for the number of active cases in Jakarta, date is 78,394 people who are undergoing self-isolation at home (including data of athlete's homestead) or increased to 4,374 cases. While the total number of confirmation cases in Jakarta to date was 560,408 cases.
Of these cases, 473,467 people were cured and 8,547 people died with a world with a death rate of 1.5%, while Indonesia's death rate was 2.7%. The positivity rate in the last week in Jakarta was 38.5%, while Indonesia was 12.6%. WHO also set a standard percentage of positive cases of no more than 5%.
Meanwhile, the vaccination process is still ongoing. The total vaccination dose 1 was currently 4,604,297 people (52.2%), with the number of people being vaccinated in a 1-day dose as many as 106,046 people. As for the total vaccination dose 2 now reached 1,929,114 people (21.9%), with the number of people being vaccinated in a 2-day dose as many as 4,264 people.
Then the achievement of vaccination for children aged 12-17 years, for dose 1 had been carried out as much as 0.1%. While for residents aged 18-59 years, for dose 1 had been carried out to 50.6% and vaccination for dose 2 covered 17.6%. As for the elderly, vaccination dose 1 was done to 65.8% and vaccination dose 2 included 58.7%. While the mutual cooperation vaccination, for dose 1 had been given to 92,965 people and dose 2 covered 32,769 people.
Based on the daily reports on July 1at 6 PM, there had been a total fine of Rp 26,600,000. In addition, there were 18 restaurants, food stalls, and cafes which had been temporarily suspended. Then 7 restaurants, stalls, dining, and cafes and 18 other places of business were also temporarily suspended.
"So, hopefully the public can be more disciplined in implementing health protocols and participating in curbing the COVID-19," she hoped.
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.
