BANDUNG - All areas in West Java have been freed from the orange zone and are now in the yellow zone or low risk with a score of 2.73.
"We are all in the yellow zone, the compliance rate has increased to 91 percent, social distancing has increased to 89 percent," said West Java Governor Ridwan Kamil, quoted by Antara, Friday, September 24.
In the previous period or 6-12 September 2021, 27 regencies/cities were recorded as still in the orange zone or moderate risk, namely Cirebon Regency, but now their status has improved.
Even though it is free from the orange and red zones, the 5M process discipline must be improved because the pandemic is not over, the reality is already visible.
Data as of September 23, 2021, the compliance level of West Java residents in wearing masks reached 91.09 percent and keeping a distance of 89.54 percent.
Ridwan Kamil also conveyed another good news, namely that the number of active cases had declined again.
United Against Covid (BLC) data for the period of September 23, 2021, the number of active cases in West Java is only 3,843 or down by 143 cases from the previous day. On the one hand, the recovery rate increased by 373 to 683,088 people.
"There are only 3,800 active cases so hopefully over time, with support in the next few weeks, we can drastically reduce the active cases in West Java again," said Ridwan Kamil.
Of this number, there are three regions that have the highest number of active cases, namely Cimahi City 2.96 percent, Ciamis Regency 1.62 percent, and Bandung Regency 1.16 percent.
Ridwan Kamil added, the bed occupancy rate (BOR) for COVID-19 at the referral hospital has decreased again. From its peak of 91 percent, it is now only 6.28 percent as of September 23, 2021.
Regarding the news of the COVID-19 cluster in 149 schools with the number of COVID-19 infected as many as 1,152 teachers and education staff and 2,478 students after face-to-face learning in West Java, the Governor stated that this data was still being confirmed to the Ministry of Education and Culture Research and Technology as the party who reportedly issued the report. data.
"We have checked with the Center where the data comes from, (but) it is still not confirmed. We cannot confirm whether there are clusters in 149 schools," said Ridwan Kamil.
If this is true, then the PTM in the school should be temporarily suspended until the situation improves, and the district/city government will strictly monitor the SOP and the implementation of prokes in schools.
Vaccination achievements
Ridwan Kamil also said that the achievement of vaccination in West Java continues to increase from day to day. As of September 24, 2021, there are 21,658,726 doses of vaccine that have been injected into the target population.
The average daily rate of West Java vaccination is also now the highest in Indonesia, at 311,011 doses per day. Other areas such as Central Java 250,487 doses per day, East Java 219,043 doses, DKI Jakarta 62,031 doses, Banten 77,129 doses, and North Sumatra 70,649 doses per day.
Although it is still above other areas, the speed of daily vaccine injections must be increased. Because the ideal vaccine speed so that the vaccination target can be completed in December 2021 is 547,268 doses per day.
"We have injected 21.6 million doses, the highest possibility in Indonesia is 311,000 doses per day. That is already the highest. Hopefully, it will become a target in West Java, which has the largest population," said Ridwan Kamil.
"I report that the number of daily vaccinations in West Java has reached the highest in Indonesia per day, already above 311,000 doses per day. Central Java 250,000 doses per day, East Java 219,000 per day, Jakarta 62,000, Banten 77,000, West Sumatra 70,000, " he said.
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