The occupancy of Jakarta's COVID-19 Isolation Beds is currently only 7 percent, ICU 18 percent

JAKARTA - The occupancy of isolation beds and special COVID-19 ICUs in 140 referral hospitals in Jakarta continues to decline, along with the current decline in cases.

Based on data from the DKI Provincial Government as of October 20, isolation beds are occupied by 7 percent. Meanwhile, the ICU room occupancy is 18 percent.

"Currently, 376 of the 5.106 beds are used for isolation. The ICU is currently used from a total of 850 beds," wrote the DKI Provincial Government statement, Thursday, October 21.

As of yesterday, there were 1.259 active cases of COVID-19 in the capital, with a total of 860.461 positive cases.

Then, the cure rate for COVID-19 in Jakarta reached 98.3 percent and the death rate was 1.6 percent. The percentage of positive cases or the positivity rate in the past week was 0.6 percent.

Currently, Jakarta is implementing Level 2 Community Activity Restrictions (PPKM) from October 19 to November 1, 2021. Deputy Governor of DKI Jakarta Ahmad Riza Patria asked the public to continue to apply health protocols.

As is known, in the implementation of Level 2 PPKM, there are a number of easing activities such as transportation capacity to 100 percent, so that children under 12 years of age are allowed to enter cinemas and tourist areas.

"There are some relaxations that also tend to increase the number of people who go out more. This means that there is more potential for interaction and crowds and of course more transmission. Therefore, we ask people to stay at home, implement health protocols," said Riza.