COVID-19 Update As of October 14: The emergence of 1,786 new cases and the total number of patients 17,470

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JAKARTA - The Task Force for Handling COVID-19 released the latest additional positive cases of COVID-19 as of today. A total of 60,678 specimens were examined today. As a result, there were 1,786 new positive cases of COVID-19.

"The total accumulation of positive cases since COVID-19 was discovered in Indonesia has reached 6,453,864 and active cases have increased by 244 to 17,470", said the data from the COVID-19 Task Force, Friday, October 14.

Today's recovered cases increased by 1,524 people, bringing the total to 6,278,113 people recovered. Then, the number of positive confirmed cases who died increased by 18 cases and the total was 158,281 people.

The province with the newest cases is DKI Jakarta with 612 cases and a total of 1,434,192 cases. Followed by West Java which has 302 new cases with a total of 1,183,672 cases. East Java has 237 new cases and a total of 607,929 cases. Banten has 151 new cases and a total of 339,247 cases.

The province with the most recovered cases today belongs to DKI Jakarta with an additional 576 recovered cases. Followed by West Java with an additional 254 recovered cases, East Java with an additional 199 recovered cases, and Banten with an additional 116 recovered cases.

In addition, the number of specimens that have been examined using RT-PCR, TCM, and antigens reached 109,526,897.

"Positive results per number of people examined or the positivity rate of people this week is 6.14 percent", it wrote.

The number of people suspected of contracting COVID-19 or who are currently categorized as suspected cases was recorded at 4,460 people. Currently, 34 provinces have had cases of COVID-19.

Furthermore, currently there are 204,752,312 people who have received the first dose of COVID-19 vaccination and 171,380,835 the second dose of vaccination. Then, the third dose of vaccination was 64,220,262 and the fourth dose was 645,652. Meanwhile, the target for vaccination in Indonesia is 234,666,020 people.