Jakarta's Latest Official COVID-19 Figures as of September 2
Reported by Aldi Geri Lumban Tobing | Translated by Nugroho Adibrata
The number of people tested last week has reached 80,358
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 19,260 specimens. 11,941 of them were to diagnose new cases with 430 positive and 11,511 negative results. In addition, an antigen test was also held today, where 14,736 were tested, with 227 positive results and 14,509 negative results.
She furthered the WHO test target is 1,000 people 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 80,358, while 545,121 people have undergone the swab tests," she explained, as quoted by Jakarta PPID's press release, Thursday (9/2).
Jakarta's Latest Official COVID-19 Figures as of August 31As for the number of active cases in Jakarta, date is 6,244 people who are undergoing self-isolation at home (including data of athlete's homestead) or decreased to 417 cases. While the total number of confirmation cases in Jakarta to date was 851,686 cases.
Of these cases, 832,130 people were cured with a cure rate of 97.7% and 13,312 people died with a world with a death rate of 1.6%, while Indonesia's death rate was 3.3%. The positivity rate in the last week in Jakarta was 4.3%, while Indonesia was 14.7%. 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 9,773,386 people (109.3%) with the number of people being vaccinated in a 1-day dose as many as 36,227 people. As for the total vaccination dose 2 now reached 5,894,734 people (65.9%), with the number of people being vaccinated in a 2-day dose as many as 111.896 people.
Then the achievement of vaccination for children aged 12-17 years, for dose 1 had been carried out to 82.1% and the second dose covered 59.7%. While for residents aged 18-59 years, for dose 1 had been carried out to 116% and vaccination for dose 2 covered 65.6%. As for the elderly, vaccination dose 1 was done to 87.2% and vaccination dose 2 included 75.2%. While the mutual cooperation vaccination, for dose 1 had been given to 199,920 people and dose 2 covered 159,480 people.
Based on the daily reports on September 1 at 6 PM, there had been a total fine of Rp 4,200,000 from the raid results during PPKM Level 4 period against residents without masks, restaurants, food stalls, and cafes, as well as in offices, workplaces, and places of business.
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-screening online test.
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.
