COVID-19 Update As Of June 24: More Terrible, Today's New Case Enters A Record For Reaching 20,574

JAKARTA - The Ministry of Health released the latest additional positive cases of COVID-19 as of today. A total of 136,896 specimens were examined today. As a result, there were 20,574 new positive cases of COVID-19.

Today's new cases are the highest number during the pandemic. Previously, the most daily COVID-19 cases occurred on June 23 with 15,308 cases.

"The total accumulation of positive cases since COVID-19 was discovered in Indonesia has reached 2,053,995 people and 171,542 active cases", said Ministry of Health data, Thursday, June 24.

Today's recovered cases increased by 9,201 cases, bringing the total to 1,826,504 recovered people. Then, positive confirmed cases who died increased by 355 people and a total of 55,949 people.

The province with the newest cases is DKI Jakarta with 7,505 cases and a total of 494,462 cases. Followed by Central Java which has 4,384 new cases with a total of 239,818 cases. West Java has 3,053 new cases and a total of 356,682 cases. Then, East Java has 945 new cases and a total of 166,831 cases.

The province with the most recovered cases today belongs to DKI Jakarta with an additional 2,438 recovered cases. Followed by West Java with an additional 2,254 recovered cases, Central Java with an additional 1,667 recovered cases, and the Riau Islands with an additional 428 recovered cases.

Two provinces reported no new cases today, namely Gorontalo and Maluku. In addition, the number of specimens that have been examined using RT-PCR, TCM, and antigens reached 19,142,749.

"Positive results per number of specimens examined or this week's positivity rate of 27.57 percent," he wrote.

The number of people suspected of contracting COVID-19 or who are currently categorized as suspected cases was recorded at 126,696 people. Currently, 510 districts/cities from 34 provinces have COVID-19 cases.

Furthermore, currently, 24,929,442 people have received the first dose of COVID-19 vaccination and 12,769,789 of the second dose of vaccination. Meanwhile, the total target of vaccination stages 1 and 2 reached 40,349,049 people.