COVID-19 Update As Of April 1: 486 New Cases, 1,026 Suspects

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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 13,802 specimens were examined with the results of 486 new positive cases of COVID-19.

"The total accumulation of positive cases since COVID-19 was discovered in Indonesia has reached 6,746,960 people and active cases have increased by 184 to 5,410 cases," said COVID-19 Task Force data, Saturday, April 1.

Today's recovered cases increased by 299 people, bringing the total to 6,580,527 recovered people. Then, the positive confirmed cases who died increased by 3 cases and a total of 161,023 people.

The province with the most new cases was in DKI Jakarta with 219 cases and a total of 1,546,808 cases. Followed by West Java 118 new cases with a total of 1,238,943 cases.

Next, Banten has 45 new cases and 367,443 cumulative cases. Finally, East Java has 43 new cases and a total of 639,085 cases.

The province with the most recovered cases today belongs to DKI Jakarta with an additional 148 recovered cases; Banten 71 recovered cases; and West Java and East Java with an additional 32 recovered cases each.

In addition, the number of specimens that had been examined using RT-PCR, TCM, and antigen reached 115,952,927.

"Positive results per number of people examined or this week's positivity rate of 5.31 percent", he wrote.

The number of people suspected of contracting COVID-19 or who are currently categorized as suspected cases was recorded at 1,026 people. Currently, 34 provinces have had cases of COVID-19.

To date, 203,823,987 people have received the first dose of COVID-19 vaccination and 174,855,433 of the second dose of vaccination.

While the third dose of vaccination was 68,639,289 and the fourth dose was 3,084,254. Meanwhile, the target for vaccination in Indonesia is 234,666,020 people.