COVID-19 Update As Of July 20: New Cases Increase By 38,325 People, West Java And DKI Still Dominant

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JAKARTA - The Ministry of Health (Kemenkes) released the latest additional positive cases of COVID-19 as of today. Of the 179,275 specimens examined, there were an addition of 38,325 new positive cases of COVID-19.

"The total accumulation of positive cases since COVID-19 was discovered in Indonesia has reached 2,950,058 people and active cases are 550,192 cases," said Ministry of Health data, Tuesday, July 20.

Today's recovered cases increased by 29,791 cases, bringing the total to 2,32,666 people. Even so, 1,280 COVID-19 patients died, bringing the total to 76,200.

The province with the most new cases was in West Java with 6,928 cases and a total of 530,806 cases. Followed by DKI Jakarta which has 6,213 new cases with a total of 757,525 cases.

Next, East Java has 5,654 new cases and a total of 249,245 cases. Then, Central Java has 3,423 new cases and a total of 329,228 cases.

The province with the most recovered cases today belongs to DKI Jakarta with an additional 12,071 recovered cases. Followed by Central Java with an increase of 4,218 recovered cases, West Java with an additional 3,067 recovered cases, and East Java with an additional 2,585 recovered cases.

Furthermore, there are 23,666,254 that have been examined using RT-PCR, TCM, and antigen. "Positive results per number of specimens examined or this week's positivity rate of 38.92 percent," he wrote.

The number of people suspected of contracting COVID-19 or who are currently categorized as suspected cases, was recorded at 267,333 people. Currently, 510 districts/cities from 34 provinces have COVID-19 cases.

So far, there are 42,344,675 people who received the first dose of COVID-19 vaccination and 16,451,288 people received the second dose of vaccination.