COVID-19 Update As Of March 31: 465 New Cases, Active Cases Increase To 5,226

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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 15,616 specimens were examined today. As a result, there were 465 new positive cases of COVID-19. "The total accumulation of positive cases since COVID-19 was discovered in Indonesia has reached 6,746,474 people and active cases have increased by 214 to 5,226 cases," said COVID-19 Task Force data, Friday, March 31. Today's recovered cases increased by 243 people, bringing the total to 6,580,228 recovered people. Then, the positive confirmed cases who died increased by 8 cases and a total of 161,020 people. The province with the newest cases is DKI Jakarta with 196 cases and a total of 1,546,589 cases. Followed by West Java which has 96 new cases with a total of 1,238,825 cases. East Java has 50 new cases and a total of 639,042 cases. Banten has 39 new cases and a total of 367,398 cases. The province with the most recovered cases today belongs to West Java with an additional 66 recovered cases. Followed by East Java with an additional 45 recovered cases, Central Java with an additional 38 recovered cases, and DKI Jakarta with an additional 38 recovered cases. In addition, the number of specimens that had been examined using RT-PCR, TCM, and antigen reached 115,939,125. "Positive results per number of people examined or the positivity rate of people this week is 3 percent," he wrote.

The number of people suspected of contracting COVID-19 or who are currently categorized as suspected cases was recorded at 1,213 people. Currently, 34 provinces have had cases of COVID-19. Furthermore, currently there are 203,823,832 people who have received the first dose of COVID-19 vaccination and 174,855,105 the second dose of vaccination. Then, the third dose of vaccination was 68,637,641 and the fourth dose was 3,083,080. Meanwhile, the target for vaccination in Indonesia is 234,666,020 people.