Children In Jakarta Positive For COVID-19 Soar, Kadinkes: I Don't Bring Data

JAKARTA - The number of children in DKI Jakarta who are positive for COVID-19 continues to grow. Based on data until June 20, there were 876 children under 18 who were positive for COVID-19.

Confirming this, the Head of the DKI Jakarta Health Office, Widyastuti, admitted that he did not know for sure. He claimed that he did not bring detailed data on the number of children who tested positive for COVID-19.

"I don't have data with me," said Widyastuti at DKI Jakarta City Hall, Monday, June 21.

It's just that, he said, with the addition of this case, the DKI Jakarta Health Office will add space for isolation. This is because the isolation places in DKI Jakarta are almost full.

However, he said, the addition of the isolation place was not prioritized for children only. Because, the increase in cases of various ages.

"In general, the addition does not look at age because the addition is not only in children, but in the adult unit segment, young people also add," he said.

However, he appealed to people who were positive for COVID-19 with no symptoms, they did not have to flock to the hospital.

"When confirmed positive without symptoms, with a COVID-19 pandemic situation like this, self-isolation can be carried out at home, with telemedicine from the health workers that we have prepared," he said.

Based on data, the number of COVID-19 cases in DKI Jakarta on June 20 in Jakarta was 5,582 cases. This figure was obtained from PCR examination on 16,636 people.

Head of the Disease Prevention and Control Division of the DKI Jakarta Provincial Health Office, Dwi Oktavia, said that 879 children were positive for COVID-19.

The cumulative number of COVID-19 in Jakarta until June 20 was 474,029 cases. Meanwhile, the number of recovered patients increased by 2,457, bringing the total to 435,904 cases.

The number of deaths also experienced a spike or as many as 69 people. The highest death case in Jakarta was on February 1, with 70 people dying. So far, 7,905 people have died from COVID-19.