Latest Data on COVID-19 Cases and Vaccination in Jakarta as of January 29, 2022
Reported by Yudha Peta Ogara | Translated by Maria Inggita
The Jakarta Government continues to control the COVID-19 pandemic, which recently has seen a significant increase in the number of cases.
Total active cases as of today reached 23,397 cases
Jakarta Health Agency's Disease Prevention and Control Division Head, Dwi Oktavia explained, based on the latest data from Jakarta Health Agency, the number of active cases in Jakarta today increased by 3,978 cases, thus total active cases as of today reached 23,397 cases (people who are still in treatment/isolation).
"It should be underlined that 22,247 people from active cases (92.2%) are local transmission, while the rest are foreign travelers. The new positive cases based on PCR test results as of today increased by 5,765 people thus it reaches 901,471 cases in total, where 5,432 of them (94.2%) are from the local transmission," she said as quoted from Jakarta PPID Press Release, Saturday (1/29).
Health Agency Records Increase in Bed Occupancy RateFurthermore, she also urged residents to be aware of Omicron transmission which is increasing in Jakarta. As many as 1,373 of 2,525 infected people are from abroad, while the other 1,152 are cases from the local transmission.
Meanwhile, 3T is still intensified and COVID-19 vaccination is also ongoing with a wider scope.
Data from Jakarta Health Agency mentioned that from a total of 37,215 PCR specimens, 34,609 people had been tested today to diagnose new cases which resulted in 5,765 positive and 28,844 negative cases.
Antigen test was also carried out today on 81,229 people with 4,123 positive and 77,106 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, the WHO test targets 1,000 people using PCR per one million population per week (not specimens), meaning that the 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, 179,794 people were tested using PCR. While the number of people tested for PCR in Jakarta has now reached 780,211 per million population," she added.
From total positive cases, 864,447 people recovered with a recovery rate of 96.3% and 13,627 people died with a mortality rate of 1.5%. While the mortality rate in Indonesia reached 3.3%.
The positivity rate in Jakarta in the past week reached 13.3%, 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, the vaccination program is continued. First dose vaccines had been given to 12,127,363 people (120.3%) with a proportion of 71% of them were residents with Jakarta ID cards and 29% residents with non-Jakarta ID cards. From that amount, 3,255 people had been injected with first dose vaccines today.
The second dose vaccines had been given to 9,894,471 people (98.1%) with a proportion of 73% of them were residents with Jakarta ID cards and 27% residents with non-Jakarta ID cards. From that amount, 22,952 people had been injected with second dose vaccines today.
The third dose (booster) vaccine had been given to 560,277 people as of today. Of that amount, 5,367 people had been injected with third dose vaccines today.
Jakarta Satpol PP also gives sanctions for anyone who doesn't wear a 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.
Based on the daily report submitted by Jakarta Satpol PP on January 28, 2022, Satpol PP had conducted a mask operation and collected Rp 2,950,000 in fine. 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 the vaccination site. In a faster way, people can register online through the JAKI app or corona.Jakarta.go.id/vaksinasi. By registering online, people can choose the time and place of vaccination, as well as to conduct online health pre-screening tests.
Vaccination sites can be checked through the 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 opportunities for residents who want to assist the others affected by COVID-19 through the Large-scale Social Collaboration (KSBB) Program. Residents can assist in form of staple food, ready meals, or funds. Detailed information regarding KSBB can be accessed via site corona.jakarta.go.id/kolaborasi.
