Good News, COVID-19 Red Zone In Jakarta Currently Leaves 1 RT

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JAKARTA - The DKI Provincial Government notes that currently only one RT remains with the status of a red zone or a high risk zone for COVID-19 transmission. There is also a total of 30,482 RTs in Jakarta.

On the corona.jakarta.go.id website, the strict control area with the status of a red zone for the period August 24 to August 30 is located at RT 009 Rw 008 Petojo Selatan Village, Central Jakarta.

This RT was also included in the red zone the previous week, namely the period from 16 to 22 August 2021. The previous week, there were 3 RTs that were included in the red zone.

In the rules of the COVID-19 Handling Task Force, a red zone is set if one RT has more than 5 COVID-19 cases. This red zone RT must do quarantine or micro lockdown.

Efforts are being made to closely monitor residents who are self-isolating, find suspects, trace close contacts and close public places including houses of worship except for those in the essential sector.

Then, prohibiting gatherings of more than 3 people and eliminating social activities and stipulating regulations for entering and exiting the area at a maximum of 20.00 WIB local time.

It is known, as of August 25, 2021, there were an addition of 789 new cases in Jakarta with an accumulation of 826,302 cases. Until now, there are still 8,173 active cases or people who are still being treated/isolated because they are confirmed positive.

Of the total number of positive cases, a total of 826,302 people were declared cured with a cure rate of 97.5 percent, and a total of 13,214 people died with a death rate of 1.6 percent.

The positivity rate or percentage of positive cases in the last week in Jakarta was 6.4 percent, while the percentage of positive cases in total was 14.8 percent.