Update On COVID-19 As Of March 24: There Are 5.227 New Cases From The Examination Of 72.278 Specimens

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JAKARTA - The Ministry of Health (Kemenkes) releases the latest additional positive cases of COVID-19 today. A total of 72.278 specimens were examined with the results of 5.227 new positive cases of COVID-19.

"The total accumulation of positive cases since COVID-19 was discovered in Indonesia has reached 1.476.452 people and 123.926 active cases", quoted from the Ministry of Health as saying, Wednesday, March 24.

Cases recovered today increased by 7.622 cases so that a total of 1.312.543 people recovered. Then, the positive confirmed cases who died increased by 118 people and the total was 39.983 people.

The province with the newest cases is in West Java with 1.329 cases and a total of 243.749 cases. Followed by DKI Jakarta which has 890 new cases with a total of 373.761 cases. Central Java has 403 new cases and a total of 166.268 cases. Meanwhile, East Java has 289 new cases and a total of 137.486 cases.

The province with the most cases recovered today belongs to West Java with an increase of 2.469 recovered cases. Followed by DKI Jakarta with an increase of 1.746 recovered cases, Central Java with an increase of 1.171 recovered cases, and East Kalimantan with an additional 341 recovered cases.

There are two provinces that reported zero cases as of today. The provinces that reported zero new cases were North Sulawesi and Gorontalo.

In addition, the number of specimens that had been examined using RT-PCR, TCM, and antigen reached 12.249.147.

"Positive results per number of specimens examined or this week's positivity rate was 19.88 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 46.685 people. Currently, 510 districts/cities from 34 provinces have COVID-19 cases.

In addition, currently, there are 5.978.251 people who have received the first dose of COVID-19 vaccination and 2.709.545 vaccines for the second dose. Meanwhile, the total vaccination targets reached 40.349.051 people.