Deputy Governor Hopes Yesterday's Long Weekend Won't Increase COVID-19 Cases In Jakarta

Deputy Governor of DKI Jakarta Riza Patria/DOK VOI- Diah Ayu

JAKARTA - Deputy Governor of DKI Jakarta, Ahmad Riza Patria, said that currently there has not been an increase in COVID-19 cases after the long holiday last weekend.

On the Isra Miraj holiday on Monday, February 28, many people took advantage of the long holiday last weekend to travel.

One of the tourist areas that was crowded with Jakarta residents during the long weekend was the Puncak area, Bogor, West Java. Traffic in the area was severely congested because of the large number of public vehicles traveling.

However, Riza hopes that the increase in COVID-19 cases due to the high mobility of residents on vacation will not occur.

"We haven't seen (an increase in cases). In the next few days, we will see it. It will be in a week. But hopefully, there won't be an increase", said Riza at DKI City Hall, Wednesday, March 2.

As of March 1, 2022, the number of active cases in Jakarta today decreased by 1,967 cases, so the number of active cases is now 37,775 people who are still being treated or isolated.

New cases in Jakarta on March 1 increased by 3,643 cases. The accumulation of COVID-19 cases in the capital city was recorded at 1,178,473 cases.

Of the total number of positive cases, a total of 1,126,008 people were declared cured with a cure rate of 95.5 percent, and a total of 14,690 people died with a mortality rate of 1.2 percent.

The positivity rate or percentage of positive cases in the last week in Jakarta was 13.9 percent, while the percentage of positive cases in total was 12.1 percent.

Meanwhile, the bed occupancy ratio (BOR) for isolation in 140 COVID-19 referral hospitals was 37 percent or 2,478 of the 6,728 beds provided. ICU BOR was 46 percent or filled by 434 of 953 ICUs.