Jakarta Has 111 Clusters Of COVID-19 Families After Christmas And New Year Holidays

JAKARTA - Head of Disease Prevention and Control Division of the DKI Jakarta Health Service, Dwi Oktavia, said that there were 111 clusters of COVID-19 families after the Christmas and New Year 2021 holidays.

According to Dwi, the recording of the COVID-19 family cluster in Jakarta was taken from data collected on January 3 to 8. This family cluster is recorded in 33 sub-districts out of a total of 44 sub-districts in Jakarta.

"For the post-holiday Nataru family cluster, where some residents have their activities outside DKI Jakarta, there are 111 family clusters with a total of 351 positive cases identified," Dwi said in a written statement, Friday, January 8.

The largest number of family clusters occurred after traveling from West Java as many as 55 clusters, from Central Java 16 clusters, from DI Yogyakarta 9 clusters, from East Java 7 clusters.

Then, there were 4 clusters of families returning from Bali, 4 clusters from Banten, 3 clusters from West Kalimantan, 3 clusters from South Sulawesi.

Then, traveling from Lampung, North Sumatra and South Sumatra each had 2 COVID-19 clusters. Furthermore, from the Riau Islands, East Nusa Tenggara, Papua, and West Sumatra 1 cluster each.

Dwi predicts there will be additional family clusters after the Christmas holiday and even higher New Years on January 17 to 31.

"For that, it is necessary to watch out for an increase in the family cluster. The community needs to continue to improve 3M's behavior and avoid crowds. In addition, it is necessary to remind others to always implement health protocols," Dwi explained.

It is known, the addition of new COVID-19 cases in DKI reached a new record today, namely as many as 2,959 cases from PCR swab specimen examinations to 14,122 people.

The total number of confirmed cases in Jakarta to date is 200,658 cases. Of the total number of cases, 179,562 people were declared cured with a cure rate of 89.5 percent.

Meanwhile, a total of 3,463 people died with a death rate of 1.7 percent. This figure is below Indonesia's death rate of 2.9 percent.

The positivity rate or percentage of positive cases in the past week in Jakarta was 12.6 percent, while the percentage of positive cases in total was 9.0 percent.