COVID-19 Update As Of May 28: Positive Added 279 Cases, More Than Yesterday

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JAKARTA - The Ministry of Health (Kemenkes) released the latest additional positive COVID-19 cases for today, Saturday, May 28 with a record increase of 279 cases. This number is more than the addition of Friday, May 27 with 224 positive cases of COVID-19.

In the report, the recovery rate increased by 248 with a mortality rate of 8 cases.

In detail, the largest increase in positive cases occurred in DKI Jakarta with a record 104 cases. The figure reflects the capital region accounted for more than a third of today's confirmed cases nationwide.

Followed by West Java with 43 cases, Banten with 26 cases, and DI Yogyakarta with 24 cases.

Meanwhile, for areas with the most recovery, DKI Jakarta contributed 93 people, Bali 37 people, West Java 35 people, and Central Java with 17 people.

Then, the highest death rate was in West Java with 5 cases, East Java, Bali and Lampung with 1 case each, and zero in other areas.

In terms of vaccination, it was recorded that 200.1 million people had received the phase I vaccine with a special addition today of 50,664 people.

Then, the Phase II vaccine is known to have been distributed to 167.2 million people with the addition of 66,252 people today. Meanwhile, the third vaccine or booster has reached 45.2 million people with the addition of 171,746 people in 24 hours.

For information, in the latest report from the Ministry of Finance (Kemenkeu) it was stated that the government had not made any COVID-19 vacation purchases this year considering that the stock in the country was still sufficient.

Realization of the 2022 State Budget until May 13, it was noted that the government bore the treatment costs of around 167,100 COVID-19 patients with an insured value of Rp. 11.6 trillion.