Update On COVID-19 As Of January 8: New Case 345, Sembuh 429, Death 4 Cases
JAKARTA - The COVID-19 Task Force released the latest additional positive cases of COVID-19 as of today. A total of 21,453 specimens were examined today. As a result, there were 345 new positive cases of COVID-19."The total accumulation of positive cases since COVID-19 was discovered in Indonesia has reached 6,723,546 people and active cases have fallen by 88 to 8,368 cases," said COVID-19 Task Force data, Sunday, January 8.Today's recovered cases increased by 429 people, bringing the total to 6,554,495 recovered people. Then, the positive confirmed cases who died increased by 4 cases and the total was 160,683 people.The province with the newest cases is DKI Jakarta with 125 cases and a total of 1,520,445 cases. Followed by West Java which has 75 new cases with a total of 1,215,006 cases. East Java has 35 new cases and a total of 604,339 cases. Banten has 35 new cases and a total of 361,980 cases.The province with the most recovered cases today belongs to DKI Jakarta with an additional 188 recovered cases. Followed by East Java with an additional 73 recovered cases, West Java with an additional 42 recovered cases, and East Java with an additional 33 recovered cases.In addition, the number of specimens that had been examined using RT-PCR, TCM, and antigen reached 114,170,480."Positive results per number of people examined or this week's positivity rate of 1.91 percent", he wrote.The number of people suspected of contracting COVID-19 or who are currently categorized as suspected cases was recorded at 1,172 people. Currently, 34 provinces have had cases of COVID-19.Furthermore, currently there are 204,079,241 people who have received the first dose of COVID-19 vaccination and 174,851,531 the second dose of vaccination. Then, the third dose of vaccination was 68,765,951 and the fourth dose was 1,193,231. Meanwhile, the target for vaccination in Indonesia is 234,666,020 people.