Jakarta's Latest Official COVID-19 Figures as of March 7

The Jakarta COVID-19 Quick Handling Task Force announces the latest information of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases as of March 7.

The number of people tested last week has reached 212,804

Jakarta Health Agency's Disease Prevention and Control Division Head Dwi Oktavia Tatri Lestari stated, the number of active cases in Jakarta today decreased by 1,398 cases, bringing the number of active cases to 28,732 (people who are still being treated/isolated).

"Meanwhile, 3T efforts continue to be intensified, in addition to the COVID-19 vaccination which is also still ongoing with a wider scope," she expressed, as quoted by Jakarta PPID's press release, Monday (3/7).

Jakarta's Latest Official COVID-19 Figures as of March 6

Based on the latest data, the PCR tests had been carried out on 30,116 specimens. 27,104 of them were to diagnose new cases with 2,693 positive and 24,411 negative results. In addition, an antigen test was also held today, where 43,789 were tested, with 1,894 positive results and 41,895 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 212,804, while 934,766 people have undergone the PCR tests," she added.

Of these cases, 1,156,926 people have been cured with a cure rate of 96.4% and 14,828 people died with a world with a death rate of 1.2%, while Indonesia's death rate was 2.6%. The positivity rate in the last week in Jakarta was 12.1%, while in Indonesia was 12.1%. 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 12,414,916 people (123.1%), with a proportion of 70% was residents of Jakarta and 30% were non-residents of Jakarta. Then the number of people being vaccinated in a 1-day dose is as many as 252 people. The total vaccination dose 2 now reached 10,441,462 people (103.5%), with a proportion of 72.6% was residents of Jakarta and 27.3% were non-residents of Jakarta. The number of people being vaccinated on the 2-day dose was zero.

As for the third dose (booster) vaccination was also carried out. The updated total third dose was 1,471,585 people and the number of people who get vaccinated with the 3-day dose was 7,133 people. For information, the number of people who were vaccinated today had problems with data collection from the KPCPEN dashboard.

Based on the daily reports on March 6, there had been a total fine of Rp 250,000 from the raid results during PPKM Level 3 period against residents without masks.

To get the vaccine, residents can go to the vaccination site. However, to speed up vaccination, they must register online via the 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 tests.

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.