DKI Health Office: Deaths In Jakarta Are Dominated By Residents 60 Years And Over

Illustration. Wirjawan Hardjamulia, a 104-year-old elderly person undergoing COVID-19 vaccination at Vania Hospital, Bogor City, West Java, Tuesday, March 21, 2021. (Between)

JAKARTA - The DKI Jakarta Provincial Health Office (Dinkes) said that the trend of death cases in DKI is dominated by residents aged 60 years and over.

Head of Immunization Surveillance of the DKI Health Office, Ngabila Salama, said that the data was collected from 8-14 May 2023.

"The peak of death is usually seven to 14 days from the peak of cases, because the average death rate takes seven to 14 days from being hospitalized," he said in Jakarta, Monday, May 15, which was confiscated by Antara.

Ngabila said that in the past week there had been 22 deaths due to being infected with COVID-19.

With details of age under 10 years (one person), age 21-30 years (two people), age 31-40 (one person), age 41-50 (four people), age 51-60 (three people), and over age 60 (11 people).

Meanwhile, based on the vaccination status, 50 percent have not received any COVID-19 vaccinations at all and the other 50 percent have not completed the fourth dose.

Regarding deaths over the age of 60, the 11 elderly people who died, seven of them were not vaccinated against COVID-19, one person had received the second dose, while the other three received the third dose.

Deaths also occur because all the elderly have comorbidities or comorbidities that can cause severity from the symptoms of COVID-19.

"This is our reminder to prevent the severity of symptoms and deaths by complete vaccination and immediately carry out early detection through PCR or Antigen swabs if symptomatic, and diligently control comorbid conditions with related health workers," he said.

Furthermore, the trend of bed occupancy in hospitals (BOR) in DKI Jakarta Province tends to drop to 12 percent until May 14, 2023.

Ngabila asked the public to continue working together to break the chain of transmission by being disciplined in wearing masks when outdoors or meeting sick people, and maintaining good immunity by completing the COVID-19 vaccine and carrying out a healthy lifestyle.

"We still urge the public not to panic and remain calm, and to adhere to health protocols even though the COVID-19 condition is still very under control," he said.

Previously, the Spokesperson for the Indonesian Ministry of Health (Kemenkes) Mohammad Syahril said the COVID-19 situation in Indonesia had decreased the number of confirmed cases from the situation after the Lebaran 2023 holiday which was at an average of 2,000 cases per day.

The safe limit in Indonesia, which is a guide for the World Health Organization (WHO), is in an average of 8,000 cases.

Therefore, so that people can remain protected in the long term, Syahril appealed to all parties to immediately vaccinate against COVID-19 because the trend of cases is still volatile even though the international COVID-19 emergency has been lifted.

"Vaccination remains an important thing for protection from serious illness to enter the hospital," he said.