Good News, The Lowest DKI Jakarta COVID-19 Positivity Rate In Indonesia

JAKARTA - Head of the Disease Prevention and Control Division of the DKI Health Office, Dwi Oktavia, said that the positivity rate of DKI Jakarta's COVID-19 specimens as of August 31 was the lowest in Indonesia.

"Alhamdulillah, the specimen positivity rate in DKI Jakarta has reached 6.8 percent, which is the lowest in Indonesia based on data from the Ministry of Health," said Dwi in his statement, Thursday, September 2.

Dwi said, the decrease in the percentage of positive cases from the examination of these specimens coincided with a decrease in active COVID-19 cases which reached 6,661 people as of September 1.

Then, one of the efforts to support the low positivity rate in Jakarta is the seriousness of the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government in carrying out testing, tracing and treatment (3T).

Furthermore, Dwi said that his party had also trained testing and tracing officers to trace close contacts of COVID-19 cases.

So, he said, PCR testing in Jakarta reached 252.67 percent or 2.5 times the PPKM Level 3 PCR testing standard. Referring to the Ministry of Health data, PCR testing in Jakarta was the highest in Indonesia. good enough. Because it means that from 1 positive case, a PCR test was carried out for 6-7 close contacts. We will continue to increase the tracking ratio so that it can be above 10 in accordance with the target from the Ministry of Health in the SILACAK report," said Dwi.

Going forward, Dwi admitted that the DKI Provincial Government will continue to increase 3T to reduce the transmission rate or positivity rate in the DKI Jakarta area, as well as various other efforts in order to accelerate the handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. shows a downward trend in cases. However, we must not be careless and must remain vigilant," said Dwi.

"For this reason, the DKI Provincial Government will continue to monitor the pandemic conditions in DKI Jakarta, as well as strengthen 3T and intensively carry out vaccinations so that communal immunity in DKI can be formed optimally. And we all still have to carry out health protocols in a disciplined manner," he concluded.