COVID-19 Update As Of April 12: 1,455 New Cases, Recovered And Strength 3,286

Illustrated (Irfan Meidianto / VOI)

JAKARTA - The Ministry of Health released the latest additional positive cases of COVID-19 as of today. A total of 151,411 specimens were examined today. As a result, there were 1,455 new positive cases of COVID-19.

"The total accumulation of positive cases since COVID-19 was discovered in Indonesia has reached 6,035,358 and active cases have fallen by 1,874 to 67,975 cases", said Ministry of Health data, Tuesday, April 12.

Today's recovered cases increased by 3,286 people, bringing the total to 5,811,666 recovered people. Then, positive confirmed cases who died increased by 43 cases and totaled 155,717 people.

The province with the newest cases is DKI Jakarta with 355 cases and a total of 1,244,184 cases. Followed by West Java which has 307 new cases with a total of 1,103,195 cases. Central Java has 179 new cases and a total of 625,998 cases. Banten has 113 new cases and a total of 291,329 cases.

The province with the most recovered cases today belongs to West Java with an additional 592 recovered cases. Followed by DKI Jakarta with an additional 486 recovered cases, DI Yogyakarta with an additional 481 recovered cases, and Central Java with an additional 340 recovered cases.

In addition, the number of specimens that have been examined using RT-PCR, TCM, and antigens reached 93,452,538.

"Positive results per number of people examined or the positivity rate of people this week was 2.37 percent", it wrote.

The number of people suspected of contracting COVID-19 or who are currently categorized as suspected cases was recorded at 5,422 people. Currently, 34 provinces have had cases of COVID-19.

Furthermore, there are currently 197,660,336 people who have received the first dose of COVID-19 vaccination and 161,761,633 of the second dose of vaccination. Then, the third dose of vaccination was 27,960,917. Meanwhile, the target for vaccination in Indonesia is 208,265,720 people.