Jakarta Hits 10,485 New Covid-19 Cases as of July 4

The Jakarta COVID-19 Quick Handling Task Force announces the latest information of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases as of July 4.

The number of people tested last week has reached 155,146

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 30,203  specimens. 24,162 of them were to diagnose new cases with 10,485 positive and 13,677 negative results. In addition, an antigen test was also held today, where 2,939 were tested, with 952 positive results and 1,987 negative results.

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 155,146, while 423,739 people have undergone the swab tests," she explained.

Jakarta Hits 9,399 New Covid-19 Cases as of July 2

Then the number of active cases in Jakarta, date is 86,994 people who are undergoing self-isolation at home (including data of athlete's homestead) or increased to 4,611 cases. While the total number of confirmation cases in Jakarta to date was 580,595  cases.

Of these cases, 484,949  people were cured with a cure rate of 83.5% and 8,652 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 39%, while Indonesia was 12.9%. WHO also set a standard percentage of positive cases of no more than 5%.

Meanwhile, the vaccination process is still ongoing. The total number of vaccination targets for Jakarta was 8,815,157 people. The total vaccination dose 1 was currently 44,800,657 people (54.5%), with the number of people being vaccinated in a 1-day dose as many as 118,645 people. As for the total vaccination dose 2 now reached 1,935,269 people (22%), with the number of people being vaccinated in a 2-day dose as many as 3,464 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 53.1% and vaccination for dose 2 covered 17.7%. 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 94,471 people and dose 2 covered 34,298 people.

Based on the daily reports on July 4 at 6 PM, there had been a total fine of Rp 9,600,000. In addition, there were 18 restaurants, food stalls, and cafes which had been temporarily suspended. Then 14 restaurants, stalls, dining, and cafes and 4 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.