Jakarta's Latest Official COVID-19 Figures as of November 21

The Jakarta COVID-19 Quick Handling Task Force announces the latest information of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases as of November 21.

The number of people tested last week has reached 101,331

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 17,138 specimens. 16,109 of them were to diagnose new cases with 111 positive and 15,998 negative results. In addition, an antigen test was also held today, where 30,486 were tested, with 7 positive results and 30,479 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 101,331, while 681,433 people have undergone the swab tests," she explained, as quoted by Jakarta PPID's press release, Sunday (11/21).

Latest Data on COVID-19 Cases and Vaccination in Jakarta as of November 20, 2021

As for the number of active cases in Jakarta, date is 496 people who are undergoing self-isolation at home (including data of Wisma Atlet) or decreased to 10 cases. While the total number of confirmation cases in Jakarta to date was 863,456 cases.

Of these cases, 849,386 people were cured with a cure rate of 98.4% and 13,574 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 0.7%, while Indonesia was 11.9%. 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 11,051,626 people (123.6%), with a proportion of 67% being residents of Jakarta and 33% were non-residents of Jakarta. Then the number of people being vaccinated in a 1-day dose as many as 1,962 people. As for the total vaccination dose 2 now reached 8,855,956 people (99%), with a proportion of 70% being residents of Jakarta and 30% were non-residents of Jakarta. The number of people being vaccinated in a 2-day dose as many as 8,185 people.

Based on the daily reports on November 20 at 6 PM, there had been a total fine of Rp 100,000 from the raid results during PPKM Level 1 period against residents without masks, restaurants, food stalls, and cafes, as well as in offices, workplaces, and places of business. Additionally, three restaurants and drink 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-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.