Jakarta's Latest Official COVID-19 Figures as of January 18

The Jakarta COVID-19 Quick Handling Task Force announces the latest information of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases as of January 18.

It should be underlined that 2,176 people from the number of active cases are foreign travelers

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 453 cases, bringing the number of active cases to 4,297 (people who are still being treated/isolated).

"It should be underlined that 2,176 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 670 people, bringing a total of 872,092 cases, of which 222 were foreign travelers," she explained, as quoted by Jakarta PPID's press release, Tuesday (1/18).

Latest Data on COVID-19 Cases and Vaccination in Jakarta as of January 15, 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 856 infected people, 663 people were international travelers, while the other 193 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 14,322 specimens. 13,605 of them were to diagnose new cases with 670 positive and 12,935 negative results. In addition, an antigen test was also held today, where 48,588 were tested, with 337 positive results and 48,251 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 108,068, while 755,752 people have undergone the PCR tests," she added.

Of these cases, 854,204 people were cured with a cure rate of 97.9% and 13,591 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 3.6%, while Indonesia was 10.8%. 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 12,071,250 people (119.7%), with a proportion of 71% being residents of Jakarta and 29% were non-residents of Jakarta. Then the number of people being vaccinated in a 1-day dose as many as 8,242 people. The total vaccination dose 2 now reached 9,508,040 people (94.3%), with a proportion of 71% being residents of Jakarta and 29% were non-residents of Jakarta. The number of people being vaccinated in the 2-day dose as many as 44,821 people.

As for the third dose (booster) vaccination was also carried out. The update total third dose was 164,011 people and the number of people who get vaccinated with the 3-day dose was 19,223 people.

The sanctions imposed are in the form of social work, fines, temporary suspension of activities, to revocation of business licenses. Hopefully, the public can be more disciplined in implementing health protocols and participating in curbing the COVID-19.

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 themselve s, 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.