COVID-19 Update As of February 17: 215 New Cases from Examination of 20,822 Specimens

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JAKARTA - The COVID-19 Handling Task Force released the latest additional positive cases of COVID-19 today. A total of 20,822 specimens were examined today. As a result, there were 215 new positive cases of COVID-19.

"The total accumulation of positive cases since COVID-19 was discovered in Indonesia has reached 6,733,912 people and active cases have increased by 8 to 4,144 cases", it was quoted as saying from the COVID-19 Task Force data, Friday, February 17.

Today's recovered cases increased by 203 people, bringing a total of 6,568,884 recovered people. Then, positive confirmed cases who died increased by 4 cases and a total of 160,884 people.

The province with the newest cases is DKI Jakarta with 113 cases and a total of 1,541,122 cases. Followed by West Java which has 47 new cases with a total of 1,235,824 cases. East Java has 20 new cases and a total of 637,903 cases. Banten has 16 new cases and a total of 366,249 cases.

The province with the most recovered cases today belongs to DKI Jakarta with an additional 63 recovered cases. Followed by West Java with an additional 31 recovered cases, Banten with an additional 31 recovered cases, and East Java with an additional 22 recovered cases.

In addition, the number of specimens that have been examined using RT-PCR, TCM, and antigens reached 115,187,890.

"The positive results per number of people examined or the positivity rate of people this week is 1.23 per cent", it wrote.

The number of people suspected of contracting COVID-19 or currently categorized as suspected cases is recorded at 1,323 people. Currently, 34 provinces have had COVID-19 cases.

Furthermore, currently, 203,845,578 people have received the first dose of COVID-19 vaccination and 174,860,278 of the second dose of vaccination. Then, the third dose of vaccination was 69,860,596 and the fourth dose was 2,208,407. Meanwhile, the target for vaccination in Indonesia is 234,666,020 people.