Jakarta's Latest Official COVID-19 Figures as of January 23

The Jakarta COVID-19 Quick Handling Task Force announces the latest information of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases as of January 23.

New positive cases based on the results of the PCR test today increased by 1,739 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 1,217 cases, bringing the number of active cases to 9,057 (people who are still being treated/isolated).

"It should be underlined that 7,166 people from the number of 79% active cases are foreign travelers. As for new positive cases based on the results of the PCR test today increased by 1,739 people, bringing a total of 879,307 cases, of which 1.460 of which (84.4%) were also local transmission," she explained, as quoted by Jakarta PPID's press release, Sunday (1/23).

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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 1,313 infected people, 854 people were international travelers, while the other 459 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 19,722 specimens. 19,130 of them were to diagnose new cases with 1,739 positive and 17,391 negative results. In addition, an antigen test was also held today, where 41,868 were tested, with 707 positive results and 41,161 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 126,045, while 765,118 people have undergone the PCR tests," she added.

Of these cases, 856,653 people were cured with a cure rate of 97.4% and 13,597 people died with a world with a death rate of 1.5%, while Indonesia's death rate was 3.4%. The positivity rate in the last week in Jakarta was 6.6%, 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 12,100,952 people (120%), 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 1,624 people. The total vaccination dose 2 now reached 9,709,016 people (96.3%), with a proportion of 72% being residents of Jakarta and 28% were non-residents of Jakarta. The number of people being vaccinated in the 2-day dose as many as 2,952 people.

As for the third dose (booster) vaccination was also carried out. The update total third dose was 310,629 people and the number of people who get vaccinated with the 3-day dose was 14,143 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.