WHO Determines Covid-19 in Jakarta Enters Level 3

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In a report on the Covid-19 situation in Indonesia on July 13 yesterday, the World Health Organization (WHO) determined the Covid-19 spread in DKI Jakarta enters level 3. What is the reason?

Nationally, the distribution of Covid-19 is concentrated in Java-Bali, which is 8.8 cases per 100 thousand inhabitants, and the remaining only 0.4 cases per 100 thousand inhabitants outside Java-Bali.

Furthermore, DKI Jakarta recorded the highest cases on July 4-10, 2022. The weekly COVID-19 incidence rate nationally in the report was recorded at 5.3 per 100 thousand population.

“At the provincial level, during July 4-10, DKI Jakarta recorded the highest incidence rate with 73.8 per 100 thousand population (classified as a moderate level of community transmission or CT3),” the report dated July 13 said.

A total of 33 other provinces are categorized as low level of community transmission or CT1 with a weekly incidence rate of less than 20 per 100 thousand inhabitants.

“In general, the risk of COVID-19 infection in the general population remains high,” the report said.

Furthermore, Quoted from the official WHO website, there are 7 categories of community transmission or community transmission (CT) based on incidence or incidence.

  1. No case (active)
  2. Imported/sporadic cases
  3. Cluster case
  4. CT1: low incidence of locally widely dispersed cases detected in the last 14 days
  5. CT2: moderate incidence of widely dispersed local cases detected in the last 14 days
  6. CT3: high incidence of widely dispersed local cases detected in the last 14 days
  7. CT4: Very high incidence of widely dispersed local cases detected in the last 14 days

Previously, the number of active cases of Covid-19 in Indonesia as of July 17, 2022, reached 27,550 cases. There were 3,540 new cases added compared to the previous day.

Then, the recovery rate was 2,574 and the number who died was 10 people.

In addition, the achievement of national vaccination continues to grow. Indonesian citizens who have been vaccinated against phase 1 have increased by 37,530, phase 2 vaccines have increased by 51,165, and booster vaccines have increased by 309,568.