Update On COVID-19 As Of August 15: New Positive Cases 2,345, Total 137,468

Officers took blood samples of volunteers during a vaccine test simulation at RSP Unpad. (Bagus Ahmad Rizaldi / Antara)

JAKARTA - The number of confirmed positive cases of COVID-19 continues to grow. As of this day, an additional 2,345 new cases were recorded.

Quoted from data from the Task Force for Handling COVID-19, Saturday, August 15, the cumulative number of COVID-19 positives

reached 137,468. Meanwhile, 1,703 patients recovered within 24 hours and 50 people died.

With the addition of this number, a total of 91,321 patients recovered and 6,071 COVID-19 patients died.

The highest number of positive cases of COVID-19 is still in DKI Jakarta with 28,299 cases. In second place is East Java with 26,979 cases; Central Java 11,340 cases; South Sulawesi with 10,793 cases and West Java with 8,275 positive cases of COVID-19.

In addition, the number of specimens examined reached 1,862,801. In details, as many as 1,824,702 specimens were examined using real time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and 38,099 using molecular rapid tests (TCM). at 76,327 people. Currently, 482 districts / cities from 34 provinces have had COVID-19 cases.

Globally, COVID-19 has infected 216 countries. The total number of COVID-19 positive in the world 17,660,523. Meanwhile, the number of people who died from COVID-19 reached 680,894.