Empty Emergency Room, Lower Positivity Rate, Not A Conclusion Jakarta Passed The Peak Of COVID-19
JAKARTA - Good news came from DKI Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan who revealed that the number of beds in the emergency room at the COVID-19 referral hospital was starting to become empty.
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The former Minister of Education and Culture explained that the percentage of the positivity rate in Jakarta, which touched 43 percent, began to decline to 41 percent on July 16.
"Regarding the trend, if you look at the pandemic, then look at the number one positivity rate figure, our positivity rate in Jakarta once reached 43 percent on July 13, then the trend began to decline to 41 percent on July 16," explained Anies.
Anies explained that this percentage continued to decline again on July 18 to 36 percent and July 21 to 28 percent. The latest, he said, was the positivity rate in Jakarta on Saturday, July 24, yesterday at 24 percent.
Anies assessed that the downward trend in the positivity rate was accompanied by a high number of tests. Anies claims testing in Jakarta is 30 times the WHO standard.
"So there is a downward trend in the positivity rate. On the other hand, our testing in Jakarta is always high, which is recommended by the Ministry of Health. We have to be 15 times higher than the WHO standard and Jakarta is already above that, even several times we are above 30 times the WHO standard," he said.
Anies believes that the data on the decline in the positivity rate is valid. However, he asked the public not to rush into concluding data that could change every hour.
"So I don't think we should rush to conclusions because this is different from the traffic flow that can be predicted from time to time, if this is the time it needs to be weekly," said Anies.