Latest Data on COVID-19 Cases and Vaccination in Jakarta as of March 23, 2022

The Jakarta Government continues to control the COVID-19 pandemic, which recently has seen a significant increase in the number of cases.

In the past week, 113,699 people were tested using PCR

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 declined by 424 cases, thus total active cases as of today reached 10,940 cases (people who are still in treatment/isolation).

"People should be aware of Omicron variant transmission which is on the rise in Jakarta. While COVID-19 vaccination is still proceeding with a broader scope, 3T should be intensified," she said according to a press release issued by Jakarta PPID on Wednesday (3/23).

327,810 People in West Jakarta Receive Booster Shots

Data from Jakarta Health Agency mentioned that from a total of 18,110 PCR specimens, 16,299 people had been tested today to diagnose new cases which resulted in 1,235 positive and 15,064 negative cases.

Antigen test was also carried out today on 24,700 people with 602 positive and 24,098 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.

From total positive cases, 1,205,353 people recovered with a recovery rate of 97.9% and 15,106 people died with a mortality rate of 1.2%. While the mortality rate in Indonesia reached 2.6%.

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, 113,699 people were tested using PCR. While the number of people tested for PCR in Jakarta has now reached 964,674 per million population," she added.

The positivity rate in Jakarta in the past week reached 7.8%, while the percentage of positive cases in total reached 12%. 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 12,452,352 people (123.5%) with a proportion of 70.2% of them were residents with Jakarta ID cards and 29.8% residents with non-Jakarta ID cards. From that amount, 1,183 people had been injected with first dose vaccines today.

The second dose vaccines had been given to 10,524,130 people (104.4%) with a proportion of 73.2% of them were residents with Jakarta ID cards and 26.8% residents with non-Jakarta ID cards. Of that amount, 3,236 people had been injected with second dose vaccines today.

The third dose (booster) vaccine had been given to 2,055,460 people as of today. Of that amount, 34,597 people had been injected with third dose vaccines today.

The government continues to provide isolation beds and ICU beds for COVID-19 patients. Based on the latest data on March 20, 2022, in a total of 140 referral hospitals, there were 5,683 isolation beds with a bed occupancy rate of 20% and a total of 1,116 isolation patients. Then, 914 ICU beds with a bed occupancy rate of 28% and a total of 260 ICU patients.

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 March 22, 2022, they had conducted a mask operation and collected Rp 400,000 in fine.

Hopefully, all residents can be more disciplined and participated in breaking the chain of COVID-19 transmission.

While people who want to be vaccinated 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.

The 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 the site https://corona.jakarta.go.id/kolaborasi.