COVID-19 Update As Of March 15: 362 New Cases, 3,534 Active Cases

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JAKARTA - The COVID-19 Handling Task Force released the latest additional positive cases of COVID-19 as of today. A total of 19,970 specimens were examined with the results of 362 new positive cases of COVID-19. "The total accumulation of positive cases since COVID-19 was discovered in Indonesia has reached 6,740,031 people and active cases have increased by 168 to 3,534 cases," said COVID-19 Task Force data, Wednesday, March 15. Today's recovered cases increased by 191 people, bringing the total to 6,575,541 recovered people. Then, positive confirmed cases who died increased by 3 cases and a total of 160,956 people. The province with the newest cases was in DKI Jakarta with 165 cases and a total of 1,543,732 cases. Followed by West Java with 66 new cases with a total of 1,237,397 cases. East Java 48 new cases and a total of 638,450 cases. Banten 29 new cases and a total of 366,818 cases. The province with the most recovered cases today belongs to DKI Jakarta with an additional 65 recovered cases. Followed by West Java with an additional 61 recovered cases, East Java with an additional 22 recovered cases, and Banten with an additional 22 recovered cases. In addition, the number of specimens that had been examined using RT-PCR, TCM, and antigen reached 115,686,581. "Positive results per number of people examined or this week's positivity rate of 1.70 percent", he wrote. The number of people suspected of contracting COVID-19 or who are currently categorized as suspected cases was recorded at 1,608 people. Currently, 34 provinces have had cases of COVID-19. To date, 212,034,793 people have received the first dose of COVID-19 vaccination and 175,385,831 people have received the second dose of vaccination. While the third dose of vaccination was 68,625,901 and the fourth dose was 3,012,347. Meanwhile, the target for vaccination in Indonesia is 234,666,020 people.