COVID-19 Update As Of December 5th: 196 New Cases, 298 Recovered

COVID-19 cases in Indonesia are still increasing. (photo: doc. between)

JAKARTA - The Ministry of Health (Kemenkes) released the latest additional positive cases of COVID-19 as of today. A total of 249,214 specimens were examined on Sunday, December 5th. As a result, there were 196 new positive cases of COVID-19.

"The total accumulation of positive cases since COVID-19 was discovered in Indonesia has reached 4,257,685 people and active cases are 7,526 cases," said Ministry of Health data, Sunday, December 5.

Today's recovered cases increased by 298 cases, bringing the total to 4,106,292 recovered people. Then, positive confirmed cases who died increased by 4 people and a total of 143,867 people.

The province with the most new cases is DKI Jakarta with 43 cases and a total of 864,178 cases. Followed by East Java which has 29 new cases with a total of 399,555 cases. DI Yogyakarta has 28 new cases and a total of 156,836 cases. Then, West Java has 27 new cases and a total of 708,043 cases.

The province with the most recovered cases today belongs to West Java with the addition of 64 recovered cases. Followed by DKI Jakarta with the addition of 54 recovered cases, Central Java with the addition of 38 recovered cases, and DI Yogyakarta with 31 recovered cases.

There are 9 provinces that reported no new cases today, namely Jambi, Bengkulu, North Kalimantan, South Sulawesi, Southeast Sulawesi, West Sulawesi, Maluku, North Maluku and Papua.

In addition, the number of specimens that have been examined using RT-PCR, TCM, and antigens reached 55,863,036.

"Positive results per number of people examined or the positivity rate of people this week is 0.14 percent," he wrote.

The number of people suspected of contracting COVID-19 or who are currently categorized as suspected cases, was recorded at 3,565 people. Currently, 34 provinces have had cases of COVID-19.

Furthermore, currently there are 142,432,347 people who have received the first dose of COVID-19 vaccination and 99,009,581 the second dose of vaccination. Then, the third dose of vaccination was 1,245,104 Meanwhile, the target for vaccination in Indonesia was 208,265,720 people.