Update On COVID-19 As Of January 24: New Case 218, Active Cases Below 5,000

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The COVID-19 Task Force released the latest additional positive cases of COVID-19 as of today. A total of 29,649 specimens were examined today. As a result, there were 218 new positive cases of COVID-19. "The total accumulation of positive cases since COVID-19 was discovered in Indonesia has reached 6,728,402 people and active cases have fallen by 240 to 4,888 cases," said COVID-19 Task Force data, Tuesday, January 24. Today's recovered cases increased by 453 people, bringing the total to 6,562,721 recovered people. Then, the positive confirmed cases who died increased by 5 cases and a total of 160,793 people. The province with the newest cases is DKI Jakarta with 62 cases and a total of 1,539,012 cases. Followed by West Java which has 53 new cases with a total of 1,234,514 cases. East Java has 24 new cases and a total of 637,452 cases. Banten has 23 new cases and a total of 365,761 cases. The province with the most recovered cases today belongs to Central Java with an additional 149 recovered cases. Followed by DKI Jakarta with an additional 86 recovered cases, West Java with an additional 76 recovered cases, and Banten with an additional 36 recovered cases. In addition, the number of specimens that had been examined using RT-PCR, TCM, and antigen reached 114,634,869. "Positive results per number of people examined or this week's positivity rate of 1.86 percent", he wrote. The number of people suspected of contracting COVID-19 or who are currently categorized as suspected cases was recorded at 1,368 people. Currently, 34 provinces have had cases of COVID-19. Furthermore, currently there are 204,195,695 people who have received the first dose of COVID-19 vaccination and 175,016,065 of the second dose of vaccination. Then, the third dose of vaccination was 69,216,929 and the fourth dose was 1,235,689. Meanwhile, the target for vaccination in Indonesia is 234,666,020 people.