COVID-19 Update September 19: Positive Increases By 2,234, Number Of Healed Patients Reaches 6,186

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JAKARTA - The Ministry of Health (Kemenkes) released the latest additional positive COVID-19 cases for today, Sunday, September 19 at 12.00 WIB with a record addition of 2,234 cases.

The report also revealed that the daily healing rate increased by 6,186 people.

That means the number of patients recovered is almost three times compared to confirmed cases on the same day. Meanwhile, the mortality rate was 539 cases.

In detail, the largest increase in positive cases occurred in East Java with 234 cases. This figure reflects that the area in the eastern part of Java Island accounts for about 10 percent of all confirmed cases today nationally.

Followed by Central Java with 219 cases, West Java with 170 cases, DKI Jakarta with 155 cases, and North Sumatra with 145 cases.

Furthermore, for areas with the most healing, Central Java with 1,401 people, West Java with 622 people, East Java with 476 people, and Yogyakarta with 331 people.

Then, the highest death rate was in North Sumatra with 17 cases, East Java with 16 cases, Bali with 14 cases, and Aceh with 12 cases.

In terms of vaccination, it was recorded that 79,515,356 people received the phase I vaccine with a special addition today of 974,837 people.

Then, for the second phase of the vaccine, it is known that it has been distributed to 45,134,194 people with the addition of 417,624 people. Meanwhile, the vaccination target targeted by the government for the current period is 208,265,720 doses.

Most recently, Indonesia returned 358,700 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine on Friday, September 10. This vaccine is supported by the French Government through the COVAX Facility multilateral cooperation.

For information, the total commitment of AstraZeneca's vaccine supply to Indonesia is 3 million doses. Besides support from the COVAX Facility and friendly countries, the government also continues to purchase vaccines to meet domestic vaccination needs.

Through this additional dose of vaccine, the number of vaccines obtained by Indonesia is around 225.54 million doses.