Sad News From DKI Jakarta, 7.296 People Died Due To COVID-19

JAKARTA - The cumulative total of positive COVID-19 cases in Jakarta on Saturday, May 28, 2021, was 428.269 cases, following the addition of 807 positive cases on Saturday.

Antara reported that based on data from the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government on the corona.jakarta.go.id page, Saturday 29 May, the addition of positive cases of Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Jakarta on 29 May 2021 as many as 807 cases was the result of a swab examination (PCR swab test) the day before, Friday, May 28.

For the PCR test data on May 28, 2021, which came in on Saturday, details were carried out on 17.663 specimens, of which 13.247 people were newly tested by PCR to diagnose new cases with 807 positive and 12.440 negative results.

During the week, the addition of daily positive cases was 807 cases on Saturday, higher than the addition of 693 cases on Friday, May 28, on Wednesday 26 May as many as 617 cases, on Tuesday 25 May as many as 384 cases.

However, the addition of daily positive cases was 807 cases on Saturday, still lower than the addition of 940 cases on Thursday, May 27, on Monday, May 27 as many as 819 cases, on Sunday, May 23, as many as 867 cases, on Saturday, May 22, as many as 932 cases, especially when compared to the addition of cases on Sunday, February 7, as many as 4.213 cases which is the highest addition during the pandemic.

From the existing data, the addition of 4.213 cases on Sunday 7 February is also the record holder in the category of reported daily test results (original findings), or PCR test results on the previous day, Saturday, February 6.

Meanwhile, the addition of recovered patients from exposure to COVID-19 in Jakarta based on reports on Saturday, May 29, 2021, there were 1.011 people, which caused the cumulative total recovered patients to increase from 409.497 people to 410.508 people.

With the addition of 1.011 recovered COVID-19 patients as of Saturday's report, the number of active cases who are still being treated or isolated has decreased by 212 people from the previous number of 10.677 people, bringing the current total active cases to 10.465 people.

With a total of 410.508 recovered patients, Jakarta has a recovery percentage of 95.9 percent (up from the previous 95.8 percent) of the current cumulative total of 428.269 positive COVID-19 cases.

From the cumulative total of 428.269 COVID-19 cases reported on Saturday, 7.296 people died after an additional eight people died from the previous figure of 7.288. This figure is 1.7 percent (same as the previous percent) of the total cumulative number of positive cases.

From the number of tests, DKI Jakarta recorded the percentage of positive cases based on the number of tests or the COVID-19 "positivity rate" during the past week in Jakarta, after the progress report was received on Saturday, stood at 7.6 percent (down from the previous 7.7 percent). ).

This figure is very far above the percentage limit set by the World Health Organization (WHO) in a week for one region, which requires the percentage to be no more than five percent to be categorized as a safe area.

The percentage of positive cases in Jakarta in total since the start of the March 2020 pandemic after the progress report was received on Saturday is 10.8 percent (same as the previous percent).