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

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

The number of people tested last week has reached 235,646

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 38,196 specimens. 27,199 of them were to diagnose new cases with 6,213 positive and 20,986 negative results. In addition, an antigen test was also held today, where 6,631 were tested, with 641 positive results and 5,990 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 W HO 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 235,646, while 469,749 people have undergone the swab tests," she explained, as quoted by Jakarta PPID's press release.

Jakarta's Latest Official COVID-19 Figures as of July 19

As for the number of active cases in Jakarta, date is 94,673 people who are undergoing self-isolation at home (including data of athlete's homestead) or decreased to 6,123 cases. While the total number of confirmation cases in Jakarta to date was 757,525 cases.

Of these cases, 652,242 people were cured with a cure rate of 86.1% and 10,610 people died with a world with a death rate of 1.4%, while Indonesia's death rate was 2.6%. The positivity rate in the last week in Jakarta was 29%, while Indonesia was 15.1%. 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 6,646,485 people (75.4%), with the number of people being vaccinated in a 1-day dose as many as 108,039 people. As for the total vaccination dose 2 now reached 2,021,486 people (22.9%), with the number of people being vaccinated in a 2-day dose as many as 19,473 people.

Then the achievement of vaccination for children aged 12-17 years, for dose 1 had been carried out as much as 33.5%. While for residents aged 18-59 years, for dose 1 had been carried out to 72% and vaccination for dose 2 covered 18.7%. As for the elderly, vaccination dose 1 was done to 69.1% and vaccination dose 2 included 59.3%. While the mutual cooperation vaccination, for dose 1 had been given to 138,195 people and dose 2 covered 70,404 people.

Based on the daily reports on July 19 at 6 PM, there had been a total fine of Rp 2,400,000. Then 12 restaurants, stalls, dining, and cafes and 15 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.

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.

To find vaccination centers, you can access 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.