Jakarta's Latest Official COVID-19 Figures as of January 2

The Jakarta COVID-19 Quick Handling Task Force announces the latest information of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases as of January 2.

The number of people tested last week has reached 81,139

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 10,394 specimens. 9,458 of them were to diagnose new cases with 103 positive and 9,355 negative results. In addition, an antigen test was also held today, where 26,492 were tested, with 7 positive results and 26,485 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 81,139, while 735.036 people have undergone the PCR tests," she explained, as quoted by Jakarta PPID's press release, Sunday (1/2).

Latest Data on COVID-19 Cases and Vaccination in Jakarta as of January 1, 2022

As for the number of active cases in Jakarta, date is 544 people who are undergoing self-isolation at home (including data of Wisma Atlet) or decreased to 3 case. While the total number of confirmation cases in Jakarta to date was 865,518 cases.

Of these cases, 851,386 people were cured with a cure rate of 98.4% and 13,588 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 0.6%, while Indonesia was 11.1%. 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 11,820,716 people (116.5%), with a proportion of 69% being residents of Jakarta and 31% were non-residents of Jakarta. Then the number of people being vaccinated in a 1-day dose as many as 1,404 people. As for the total vaccination dose 2 now reached 9,304,018 people (92.3%), with a proportion of 71% being residents of Jakarta and 29% were non-residents of Jakarta. The number of people being vaccinated in a 2-day dose as many as 540 people.

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".

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.