COVID-19 Update As Of May 17: 247 New Cases From Examination Of 136,377 Specimens

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JAKARTA - The Ministry of Health (Kemenkes) released the latest additional positive cases of COVID-19 as of today. A total of 136,377 specimens were examined today. As a result, there were 247 new positive cases of COVID-19.

"The total accumulation of positive cases since COVID-19 was discovered in Indonesia has reached 6,051,205 people and active cases have fallen by 799 to 3,898 cases," said Ministry of Health data, Tuesday, May 17.

Today's recovered cases increased by 1,029 people, bringing the total to 5,890,826 recovered. Then, the positive confirmed cases who died increased by 17 cases and a total of 156.481 people.

The province with the most new cases is DKI Jakarta with 74 cases and a total of 1,249,254 cases. Followed by West Java which has 42 new cases with a total of 1,106,085 cases. Central Java has 35 new cases and a total of 627,405 cases. Banten has 35 new cases and a total of 292,800 cases. The province with the most recovered cases today belongs to West Java with an additional 776 recovered cases. Followed by DKI Jakarta with an additional 93 recovered cases, Central Java with an additional 42 recovered cases, and Bali with an additional 28 recovered cases.

In addition, the number of specimens that have been examined using RT-PCR, TCM, and antigens reached 97,570,814.

"Positive results per number of people examined or the positivity rate of people this week is 0.34 percent," he wrote.

The number of people suspected of contracting COVID-19 or who are currently categorized as suspected cases, was recorded at 3,221 people. Currently, 34 provinces have had cases of COVID-19.

Furthermore, currently there are 199,644,471 people who have received the first dose of COVID-19 vaccination and 166,290,758 of the second dose of vaccination. Then, the third dose of vaccination was 42,734,668. Meanwhile, the target for vaccination in Indonesia is 208,265,720 people.