Update On COVID-19 As Of April 20: New 5,549 Cases, Accumulated 1,614,849 Cases

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JAKARTA - The Ministry of Health (Kemenkes) releases the latest additional positive cases of COVID-19 today. A total of 69,207 specimens were examined with the result that there were 5,549 new positive cases of COVID-19.

"The total accumulation of positive cases since COVID-19 was discovered in Indonesia reached 1,614,849 people and active cases fell to 102,930 cases," the Ministry of Health was quoted as saying, Tuesday, April 20.

Cases recovered today increased by 6,728 cases, so that a total of 1,468,142 people recovered. Then, the positive confirmed cases who died increased by 210 people and the total was 43,777 people.

The province with the most new cases is in West Java with 1,399 cases and a total of 269,707 cases. Followed by Central Java, which has 682 new cases with a total of 179,816 cases. DKI Jakarta has 460 new cases and a total of 400,508 cases. Then, Riau has 410 new cases and a total of 39,520 cases.

The province with the most cases recovered today belongs to Central Java with an increase of 2,320 recovered cases. Followed by DKI Jakarta with an increase of 896 recovered cases, West Java with an increase of 649 recovered cases, and East Nusa Tenggara with an increase of 339 recovered cases.

No province reported having no new cases as of today. Provinces reporting new cases under 10 are Gorontalo, Southeast Sulawesi, West Sulawesi, North Maluku, North Sulawesi, and Maluku.

In addition, the number of specimens that had been examined using RT-PCR, TCM, and antigen reached 13,939,364.

"Positive results per number of specimens examined or this week's positivity rate of 16.77 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 63,581 people. Currently, 510 districts / cities from 34 provinces have COVID-19 cases.

Currently there are 11,101,291 people who have received the first dose of COVID-19 vaccination and 6,131,887 vaccines in the second dose. Meanwhile, the total target of vaccination stages 1 and 2 reached 40,349,051 people.