Latest Data on COVID-19 Cases and Vaccination in Jakarta as of January 15, 2022

Jakarta Government continues to control COVID-19 pandemic, which recently has seen a significant increase in number of cases. Jakarta Health Agency's Disease Prevention and Control Division Head, Dwi Oktavia explained, based on latest data from Jakarta Health Agency, number of active cases in Jakarta today increased by 444 cases, thus total active cases as of today reached 3,769 cases (people who are still in treatment/isolation).

New positive cases based on PCR test results as of today increased by 720 people

"It should be underlined that 2,433 people from active cases are foreign travelers. While new positive cases based on PCR test results as of today increased by 720 people thus it reaches 870,363 cases in total, where 375 of them are people who have traveled abroad," she said as quoted from Jakarta PPID Press Release, Saturday (1/15).

Furthermore, she also urged residents to be aware of Omicron transmission which is increasing in Jakarta. As many as 78.8 percent or 567 of 720 infected people are from abroad, while the other 153 are cases from local transmission.

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Meanwhile, 3T is still intensified and COVID-19 vaccination is also ongoing with a wider scope.

Data from Jakarta Health Agency mentioned that from total 18,137 PCR specimens, 18,046 people had been tested today to diagnose new case which resulted 720 positive and 17,326 negative cases. Antigen test was also carried out today on 44,118 people with 107 positive and 44,011 negative results. Please note that positive antigen results in Jakarta were not included in total positive cases because all of them were reconfirmed by PCR.

On the other hand, WHO test targets 1,000 people using PCR per one million population per week (not specimens), meaning that WHO target for Jakarta is at least 10,645 people should be tested per week. "This target has been exceeded by Jakarta for some time. In the past week, 103,230 people were tested using PCR. While number of people tested for PCR in Jakarta has now reached 751,610 per million population," she added.

From total positive cases, 853,003 people recovered with recovery rate of 98% and 13,591 people died with mortality rate of 1.6%. While mortality rate in Indonesia reached 3.4%.

Positivity rate in Jakarta in the past week reached 3.3%, while the percentage of positive cases in total reached 10.9%. WHO also set standard positive cases percentage should be no more than 5%.

Meanwhile, vaccination process is still continued. First dose vaccines had been given to 12,053,033 people (119.5%) with proportion 70% of them were residents with Jakarta ID card and 30% residents with non-Jakarta ID card. From that amount, 11,969 people had been injected with first dose vaccines today.

The second dose vaccines had been given to 9,369,114 people (92.9%) with proportion 71% of them were residents with Jakarta ID card and 29% residents with non-Jakarta ID card. From that amount, 6,768 people had been injected with second dose vaccines today.

Jakarta Satpol PP also gives sanction for anyone who don't wear mask and violate health protocols, and intensifies guest book data collection, as well as other forms of PPKM violations, such as in restaurants, business places, and industrial places. The imposed sanctions are in form of social work, fines, temporary suspension of activity, and revocation of business license.

Hopefully, all residents can be more disciplined and participated in breaking the chain of COVID-19 transmission.

Jakarta Government advised people who want to be vaccinated to go directly to vaccination site. In faster way, people can register online through JAKI app or corona.jakarta.go.id/vaksinasi. By registering online, people can choose time and place of vaccination, as well as conduct online health pre-screening test.

Vaccination sites can be checked through google maps app. Only by writing 'vaksin COVID-19', people can get information about vaccination site locations and how to get there.

Jakarta Provincial Government is still opening opportunity for residents who want to provide assistance to the others who affected by COVID-19 through Large-scale Social Collaboration (KSBB) Program. Residents can provide assistance in form of staple food, ready meals, or funds. Detailed information regarding KSBB can be accessed via site https://corona.jakarta.go.id/kolaborasi.