Update On COVID-19 Per 26 January: Total Cases Translucent 1,012,350

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JAKARTA - The Ministry of Health (Kemenkes) releases the latest additional positive cases of COVID-19 today. A total of 75,194 specimens were examined today. As a result, there were 13,094 new positive cases of COVID-19.

"The total accumulation of positive cases since COVID-19 was discovered in Indonesia has reached 1,012,350 people," the Ministry of Health was quoted as saying, Tuesday, January 26.

Today's cases recovered increased by 10,868 cases, so that a total of 820,356 people recovered. Then, the positive confirmed cases who died increased by 336 people and a total of 28,468 people.

The province with the most new cases is in West Java with 3,924 cases and a total of 131,322 cases. Followed by DKI Jakarta which has 2,314 new cases with a total of 254,580 cases. Central Java has 1,678 new cases and a total of 118,204 cases. Then, East Java has 967 new cases and a total of 108,017 cases.

The province with the most cases recovered today belongs to DKI Jakarta with an increase of 2,939 recovered cases. Followed by West Java with an increase of 2,248 recovered cases, Central Java with an increase of 1,676 recovered cases, and East Java with an increase of 833 recovered cases.

No province reported having no new cases as of today. The province that reported the fewest new cases was Gorontalo with 4 cases.

In addition, the number of specimens that have been examined has reached 8,881,607. In detail, as many as 8,743,414 specimens were examined using real time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and 138,193 using molecular rapid tests (TCM).

"The cumulative positive results per number of people examined or a positivity rate of 17.1 percent," he wrote.

Finally, the number of people suspected of having contracted COVID-19 or currently categorized as suspected cases was 82,156 people. Currently, 510 districts / cities from 34 provinces have cases of COVID-19.