COVID-19 Update As Of October 2nd: 1,414 New Cases, 4,218,142 Accumulated Cases

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JAKARTA - The Ministry of Health released the latest additional positive cases of COVID-19 as of today. A total of 236,653 specimens were examined with the result that there were 1,414 new positive cases of COVID-19.

"The total accumulation of positive cases since COVID-19 was discovered in Indonesia has reached 4,218,142 people and 33,812 active cases", according to data from the Ministry of Health, Saturday, October 2.

Today's recovered cases increased by 2,380 cases, bringing the total to 4,042,215 recovered people. Then, positive confirmed cases who died increased by 89 people and a total of 142,115 people.

The province with the newest cases was in West Java with 156 cases. Followed by DKI Jakarta with 155 cases, then East Java with 129 new cases, and Central Java with 105 new cases.

The province with the most recovered cases today belongs to East Java with an additional 224 recovered cases. Followed by North Sumatra with an increase of 194 recovered cases, then West Java with an additional 173 recovered cases and Jakarta with an additional 163 recovered cases.

The number of people suspected of contracting COVID-19 or who are currently categorized as suspected cases was recorded at 381,124 people.

To date, 93,066,494 people have received the first dose of COVID-19 vaccination and 52,316,566 people have received the second dose of vaccination.

While the third dose of vaccination was 953,473. Meanwhile, the target for vaccination in Indonesia is 208,265,720 people.