Jakarta's COVID-19 Cases Increase Again, Health Office Explains The Cause

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JAKARTA - The number of COVID-19 cases in Jakarta has increased again in the last few weeks. In the last four weeks, the number of weekly cases in Jakarta was 616 cases, increasing to 782 cases, then 1,165 cases, and last week 1,940 cases.

Today, the daily cases of COVID-19 increased by 517 cases. Meanwhile, the percentage of positive cases or the positivity rate from the results of the PCR examination also increased from 1.3% to 4.6% in the past week.

"Current provisional data shows an increasing trend of positive cases occurring in all age groups, including children, both less than 6 years old (not vaccinated) and 6-18 years old", said the Head of Disease Prevention and Control of the DKI Jakarta Provincial Health Office, Dwi Oktavia, in her statement, Tuesday, June 14.

Dwi explained several reasons for the increase in COVID-19 cases in DKI Jakarta over the past few weeks. Among them is the loosening of the implementation of health protocols and the high mobility of the people

Not only that, there was a decrease in immunity (antibodies) in people who had received 2 COVID-19 vaccinations (complete doses) but had not or delayed receiving the third vaccination (booster), as well as other factors.

Despite the increase in cases, Dwi said that currently there was no increase in the percentage of deaths caused by COVID-19 over the past 1 week.

“The COVID-19 pandemic is not over. The public can help prevent and control the transmission of COVID-19 by continuing to implement strict health protocols and carrying out a complete COVID-19 vaccination twice for ages 6-17 years and a third dose for 18 years and over. This is a joint effort, don't let that bitter moment repeat itself", she added.