Jakarta's Latest Official COVID-19 Figures as of January 11

The Jakarta COVID-19 Quick Handling Task Force announces the latest information of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases as of January 11.

As for new positive cases based on the results of the PCR test today increased by 537 people

Jakarta Health Agency's Disease Prevention and Control Division Head Dwi Oktavia Tatri Lestari stated, the number of active cases in Jakarta today increased by 354 cases, bringing the number of active cases to 2,483 (people who are still being treated/isolated).

"It should be underlined that 1,910 people from the number of active cases are foreign travelers. As for new positive cases based on the results of the PCR test today increased by 537 people, bringing a total of 868,199 cases, of which 435 were foreign travelers," she explained, as quoted by Jakarta PPID's press release, Tuesday (1/11).

Latest Data on COVID-19 Cases and Vaccination in Jakarta as of January 10, 2022

Seeing this case, she called on the public to be aware of the transmission of the Omicron Variant virus, which is now also increasing in Jakarta. Of the 498 infected people, 86.0 percent or as many as 409 people were international travelers, while the other 89 were local transmissions.

Meanwhile, 3T efforts continue to be intensified, in addition to the COVID-19 vaccination which is also still ongoing with a wider scope. Based on the latest data, the swab tests had been carried out on 13,512 specimens. 13,106 of them were to diagnose new cases with 537 positive and 12,569 negative results. In addition, an antigen test was also held today, where 41,754 were tested, with 46 positive results and 41,708 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 91,542, while 745,602 people have undergone the PCR tests," she added.

Of these cases, 852,126 people were cured with a cure rate of 98.1% and 13,590 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 2.6%, while Indonesia was 10.9%. 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 11,988,555 people (118.9%), with a proportion of 70% being residents of Jakarta and 30% were non-residents of Jakarta. Then the number of people being vaccinated in a 1-day dose as many as 20,385 people. As for the total vaccination dose 2 now reached 9,342,817 people (92.7%), 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 5,782 people.

Based on the daily reports on January 8, there had been a total fine of Rp 1,300,000 from the raid results during PPKM Level 2 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".

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.