Update On COVID-19 As Of March 3: 6.808 New Cases, 9.053 Recovery Cases Increased

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JAKARTA - The Ministry of Health (Kemenkes) releases the latest additional positive cases of COVID-19 today. A total of 78.673 specimens were examined today. As a result, there were 6.808 new positive cases of COVID-19.

"The total accumulation of positive cases since COVID-19 was discovered in Indonesia has reached 1.353.834 people and active cases are 147.197", data quoted from the Ministry of Health, Wednesday, March 3.

Cases recovered today increased by 9.053 cases so that a total of 1.169.916 people recovered. Then, the positive confirmed cases that died increased by 203 people and a total of 36.721 people.

The province with the newest cases is in West Java with 1.894 cases and a total of 216.423 cases. Followed by DKI Jakarta which has 1.437 new cases with a total of 343.807 cases. Central Java has 548 new cases and a total of 155.217 cases. Then, East Java has 480 new cases and a total of 130.642 cases.

The province with the most cases recovered today belongs to DKI Jakarta with an increase of 2.445 recovered cases. Followed by West Java with an increase of 2.233 recovered cases, Central Java with an increase of 1.324 recovered cases and East Java with an increase of 514 recovered cases.

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No province reported having zero cases as of today. Provinces that report cases under 10 are Jambi, West Nusa Tenggara, Riau Islands, and West Sulawesi.

In addition, the number of specimens examined by the RT-PCR method reached 10.946.722. Meanwhile, the specimens examined using the antigen rapid test were 7.290.849.

"The cumulative positive results per number of people examined or a positivity rate of 18.6 percent", he wrote.

For the number of people suspected of having contracted COVID-19 or who are currently categorized as suspected cases, it was recorded at 69.631 people. Currently, 510 districts/cities from 34 provinces have COVID-19 cases.

Furthermore, currently, there are 2.104.967 people who have received the first dose of COVID-19 vaccination and 1.076.409 vaccines for the second dose. Meanwhile, the total vaccination targets reached 181.554.465 people.