COVID-19 Update As Of March 6: 5,767 Confirmed Cases Out Of 78,745 Specimens Screened

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JAKARTA - The Ministry of Health (Kemenkes) releases the latest additional positive cases of COVID-19 today. Of the 78,745 specimens examined, there were an additional 5,767 new COVID-19 cases.

"The total accumulation of positive cases since COVID-19 was discovered in Indonesia reached 1,373,836 people and active cases totaled 147,172 or a decrease of 1,184 people", data quoted from the Ministry of Health, Saturday, March 6.

Cases recovered today increased by 6,823 cases so that a total of 1,189,510 people recovered. Then, the confirmed positive cases who died increased by 128 people and the total was 37,154 people.

The province with the newest cases is in DKI Jakarta with 1,616 cases and a total of 348,591 cases. Followed by West Java, which has 1,094 new cases with a total of 221,034 cases. Central Java has 586 new cases and a total of 157,343 cases. Then, East Java has 393 and a total of 131,843 cases.

Also, the number of specimens examined by the RT-PCR method reached 10,949,257. Meanwhile, 22,021 specimens were examined using the antigen rapid test.

"The cumulative positive results per number of people examined or a positivity rate of 18.5 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 66,525 people. Currently, 510 districts/cities from 34 provinces have COVID-19 cases.

Furthermore, currently, 2,552,265 people have received the first dose of COVID-19 vaccination and 1,130,524 vaccines for the second dose. Meanwhile, the total vaccination targets reached 40,349,051 people.