Trend and Distribution COVID in Semarang City, Central Java Province, Indonesia

In Indonesia, the first case of covid-19 occurred on March 2, 2020. Since then, cases have continued to increase and have spread to 34 provinces in Indonesia. Semarang City is one of the cities in Central Java Province with the highest positive number and covid19 death rate. Objectives: This study was conducted to find out the description of the distribution of covid-19 cases and to assess the effectiveness of the restrictions on community activities (PKM) implemented in the Semarang City. Methodology: The data used in this study were obtained from the Semarang City Health Office. While the spatial data was obtained through OpenStreetMap. Data analysis was used to describe the distribution of confirmed Covid19 cases based on the age and sex characteristics of the respondents, to see the trend of increasing and spreading of Covid-19 cases in Semarang City, and to see the effectiveness of the implementation of PKM. Results: The results showed that the highest percentage of people infected with Covid-19 is in the age group 31-45 years (28.7%), male (50.2%), and the level of population density is not related to the distribution of new Covid-19 cases. Meanwhile, the effectiveness of PKM only occurred for the first time as evidenced by a decrease in new cases of 75.9%. Conclusion: The distribution of Covid-19 cases in Semarang occurred randomly and was not related to the level of population density. Meanwhile, the effectiveness of reducing new cases has only occurred in the first PKM implementation.