Update On COVID-19 As Of February 14: New Cases Of 6.765, Recovered Cases Of 9.237 People

ILLUSTRATION / Swab hunter Surabaya

JAKARTA - The Ministry of Health (Kemenkes) has released the latest additional positive cases of COVID-19 today. The total cumulative cases totaled 1.217.468 with new positive cases per day reaching 6.765 people.

Meanwhile, the recovered cases today increased by 9.237 people, bringing a total of 1.025.273 people to recovery. Meanwhile, the positive confirmed cases who died increased by 247 people and the total was 33.183 people.

There is a province with the newest cases, which is in DKI Jakarta with 2.496 new cases and a total of 315.553. DKI Jakarta is also the province with the most accumulated cases in Indonesia.

Furthermore, West Java has 882 new cases with a total of 175.003 cases. East Java has 516 new cases with a total of 122.375 cases. Central Java has 478 new cases with a total of 141.437 cases. Then, South Sulawesi has 354 new cases and a total of 52.480 cases, and East Kalimantan has 330 new cases with a total of 49.172 cases.

The province with has the most recovered cases today belongs to DKI Jakarta with an increase of 3.979 recovered cases. Followed by West Java with an increase of 1.694 recovered cases, East Java with 666 cases, East Kalimantan with 500 cases, and South Sulawesi with 261 cases.

It was also reported that five provinces reported the addition of new cases under 15 cases today. The provinces are Aceh with 4 cases, West Sulawesi with 7 cases, West Nusa Tenggara with 13 cases, Southeast Sulawesi, and Papua with 15 cases each.

"The highest number of deaths was in Central Java Province with 68 people. Then East Java 50 people, DKI Jakarta 43 people and East Kalimantan 17 people", as quoted from data from the Ministry of Health, Sunday, February 14.

In addition, the number of specimens examined reached 10.061.418. In detail, a total of 9.914,799 specimens were examined using real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and 146.619 using molecular rapid tests (TCM).

Then, the positivity rate or the cumulative number of people examined in Indonesia reached 18.2 percent.

"For the number of people suspected of having contracted COVID-19 or who are currently categorized as suspected cases, it is recorded at 86.456 people. Currently, 510 regencies/cities from 34 provinces have COVID-19 cases". he said.