Jakarta's Latest Official COVID-19 Figures as of March 15

The Jakarta COVID-19 Quick Handling Task Force announces the latest information of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases as of March 15.

The number of people tested last week has reached 157,261

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 1,100 cases, bringing the number of active cases to 18,552 (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, Tuesday (3/15).

Latest Data on COVID-19 Cases and Vaccination in Jakarta as of March 14, 2022

Based on the latest data, the PCR tests had been carried out on 21,877 specimens. 19,683 of them were to diagnose new cases with 1,571 positive and 18,112 negative results. In addition, an antigen test was also held today, where 38,342  were tested, with 1,262 positive results and 37,080 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 157,261, while 952,016 people have undergone the PCR tests," she added.

Of these cases, 1,187,307  people have been cured with a cure rate of 97.3%, and 15,019  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 10.7%, while in Indonesia was 12%. 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 12,428,514 people (123.3%), with a proportion of 70.1% was residents of Jakarta and 29.9% were non-residents of Jakarta. Then the number of people being vaccinated in a 1-day dose is as many as 2,085 people. The total vaccination dose 2 now reached 10,480,569 people (103.9%), with a proportion of 73% was residents of Jakarta and 27% were non-residents of Jakarta. The number of people being vaccinated on the 2-day dose was 1,204 people.

As for the third dose (booster) vaccination was also carried out. The updated total third dose was 1,653,212  people and the number of people who get vaccinated with the 3-day dose was 8,755 people (note: data on the number of vaccinations for the third dose was recorded to be lower due to difficulties in retrieving data from the KPCPEN dashboard).

Aside that, Jakarta Satpol PP continues to intensify the health protocol monitoring during PPKM Level 2 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 reports on March 14, there had been a total fine of Rp 1,400,000 from the raid results during PPKM Level 2 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.