COVID-19 Update As Of December 18: There Are 164 New Positive Cases

PIXABAY ILLUSTRATION

JAKARTA - The Ministry of Health (Kemenkes) released the latest additional positive cases of COVID-19 as of today. From 239,216 specimens examined, 164 new positive cases of COVID-19 were found. "The total accumulated positive cases since COVID-19 was discovered in Indonesia has reached 4,260,544 and active cases are 4,923," as quoted from Ministry of Health data, Sunday, December 19. Today's recovered cases increased by 155 cases, bringing the total to 4,111,619 recovered people. Then, the positive confirmed cases who died increased by 4 people and a total of 144,002 people. The province with the most new cases was in DKI Jakarta with 43 cases and a total of 864,644 cases. Followed by West Java with 30 new cases with a total of 708,607 cases. Furthermore, East Java Province with 22 new cases and a total of 399,886 cases. Also, North Kalimantan with 11 cases and West Papua with 7 positive cases.

Meanwhile, the province with the most recovered cases today is DKI Jakarta with an additional 46 recovered cases. This brings the total number of recovered cases to 850,766 cases.

Followed by East Java with an additional 16 cases recovered. Furthermore, Bali recorded the addition of 15 recovered cases.

On the other hand, the Ministry of Health also noted that the number of specimens that had been examined using RT-PCR, TCM, and antigens reached 60,204,039.

"Positive results per number of people examined or the positivity rate of people this week is 0.10 percent," he wrote.

The number of people suspected of contracting COVID-19 or currently categorized as suspected cases is 3,600 people. Currently, 34 provinces have had cases of COVID-19.

To date, 151,417,878 people have received the first dose of COVID-19 vaccination and 107,051,563 people have received the second dose of vaccination.

While the third dose of vaccination was 1,268,716. Meanwhile, the target for vaccination in Indonesia is 208,265,720 people.