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OVID-19 pandemic still got a long way to
end. Jakarta is still recorded as province
Cwiith the highest transmission rate in
Indonesia. The transmission rate was increasing
significantly after christmas and new year
holidays.

Long holidays often trigger spike in COVID-19
cases. The peak of the spikes usually seen in the
next two weeks after holidays season. On last
September, Jakarta government had imposed
emergency brake policy following the spike
in COVID-19 cases after two period of long
holidays: independence day holiday on August
15-17 and Islamic new year holiday on August
20-23, 2020.

If we see the data collected by Jakarta Health
Agency, transmission rate in the city began
to flatten during mid September 2020, and
even lower in mid October. However, it began
to rise again two weeks after Maulid (Prophet
Muhammad’s birthday) holiday on October
28th until November 1st. In January 2021, there
was surge in COVID-19 cases, causing increase
in positivity rate for 10-15 percent.

During January 2021, JaKita recorded there
was approximately six times of spikes in
COVID-19 cases that surpassed the record
of daily confirmed-cases in Jakarta. One
The residents’ of them occured on January 6th, two weeks
high mobilities after christmas holiday. There was 2,402 cases
triggers spikes
in COVID-19 recorded that day. The trend kept on increasing
cases. afterwards, breaking the record of over 3,000
confirmed-cases per day.
Credit:
Dharma W. Accordingly, there was increase seen in mortality
rate, too. Although the rate was still lower

2nd EDITION 2021
Sarana Informasi Pemerintah Provinsi DKI Jakarta