Jakarta's Latest Official COVID-19 Figures as of October 10

The Jakarta COVID-19 Quick Handling Task Force announces the latest information of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases as of October 10.

This target has been surpassed by Jakarta for some time. The number of people tested last week has reached 122,206

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 21,634 specimens. 18,605 of them were to diagnose new cases with 140 positive and 18,465 negative results. In addition, an antigen test was also held today, where 30,734 were tested, with 10 positive results and 24,142 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 122,206, while 607,390 people have undergone the swab tests," she explained, as quoted by Jakarta PPID's press release, Sunday (10/10).

Latest Data on COVID-19 Cases and Vaccination in Jakarta as of October 9, 2021

As for the number of active cases in Jakarta, date is 1,723 people who are undergoing self-isolation at home (including data of Wisma Atlet) or increased to 67 cases. While the total number of confirmation cases in Jakarta to date was 859,161 cases.

Of these cases, 843,891 people were cured with a cure rate of 98.2% and 13,547 people died with a world with a death rate of 1.6%, while Indonesia's death rate was 3.4%. The positivity rate in the last week in Jakarta was 0.8%, while Indonesia was 13.3%. 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 10,620,030 people (118.8%), with a proportion of 65% being residents of Jakarta and 35% were non-residents of Jakarta. Then the number of people being vaccinated in a 1-day dose as many as 9,062 people. As for the total vaccination dose 2 now reached 7,939,993 people (88.8%), with a proportion of 67% being residents of Jakarta and 33% were non-residents of Jakarta. The number of people being vaccinated in a 2-day dose as many as 8,458 people.

Based on the daily reports on October 10 at 6 PM, there had been a total fine of Rp 1,650,000 from the raid results during PPKM Level 3 period against residents without masks, restaurants, food stalls, and cafes, as well as in offices, workplaces, and places of business.

"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-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.