COVID-19 Update As Of September 10: Another Record, New Cases Translucent To 3,861

Illustration of the dangers of COVID-19 in Jakarta (Achmad Basarrudin / VOI)

JAKARTA - The Ministry of Health (Kemenkes) releases the latest additional positive cases of COVID-19 today. A total of 34,909 specimens were examined today.

As a result, there were 3,861 new positive cases of COVID-19. New cases today set new records. After previously the highest number of new cases occurred at 3,622 on September 3.

"The total accumulation of positive cases since COVID-19 was discovered in Indonesia has reached 207,203 people," the Ministry of Health was quoted as saying, Thursday, September 10.

Today's cases increased by 2,310, so that a total of 147,510 people recovered. Then, the confirmed positive cases who died increased by 120 people and a total of 8,456 people.

The province with the most new cases is in DKI Jakarta with 1,274 new cases and a total of 50,671 cases. DKI Jakarta is also the province with the most accumulated cases in Indonesia.

Followed by East Java, which has 381 new cases with a total of 37,093 cases. Central Java with 375 new cases and a total of 16,508 cases. West Java with 335 new cases and a total of 13,668 cases. Then, Riau has 194 new cases and a total of 3,163 cases.

The province with the most cases recovered today belongs to DKI Jakarta with an increase of 1,004 recovered cases. Followed by East Java with an additional 207 recovered cases and South Kalimantan with an additional 138 recovered cases.

Then, there are 2 provinces that reported having no new cases today. The provinces are Central Sulawesi and East Nusa Tenggara.

In addition, the number of specimens that had been examined reached 2,549,579. In details, 2,503,454 specimens were examined using real time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and 46,125 using molecular rapid tests (TCM).

"The number of positive results per number of specimens examined (positivity rate) was 14.1 percent," he wrote.

Finally, the number of people suspected of having contracted COVID-19 or who are currently categorized as suspected cases, was recorded at 95,501 people. Currently, 489 districts / cities from 34 provinces have cases of COVID-19.