Update COVID-19 as of December 16: 1,451 New Cases, 32,042 Active Cases

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JAKARTA - The COVID-19 Handling Task Force released the latest additional positive cases of COVID-19 today. A total of 46,624 specimens were examined with the results of 1,451 new positive cases of COVID-19.

"The total accumulation of positive cases since COVID-19 was discovered in Indonesia has reached 6,707,504 people and active cases have decreased by 1,382 to 32,042 cases," quoted data from the Task Force, Friday, December 16.

Today's recovered cases increased by 2,806 cases, bringing a total of 6,515,100 people recovered. Then, positive confirmations died 36 and a total of 160,175 people.

The province with the highest number of new cases was DKI Jakarta with 485 cases and a total of 1,532,337 cases. Followed by West Java with 365 new cases for a total of 1,229,323 cases. East Java has 136 new cases and a total of 635,492 cases. Then, Banten with 119 new cases and a total of 363,865 cases.

The province with the most recovered cases today belongs to DKI Jakarta with an additional 1,179 recovered cases. Followed by West Java with an additional 441 recovered cases, Banten with an additional 315 recovered cases, and Central Java with an additional 198 recovered cases.

In addition, the number of specimens examined using RT-PCR, TCM, and antigen reached 113,350,160.

"The positive results per number of people examined or the positivity rate of people this week is 7.83 percent," he wrote.

The number of people suspected of having contracted COVID-19 or currently categorized as suspected cases is 3,327 people. Currently, 34 provinces have had COVID-19 cases.

To date, 203,889,536 people have received the first dose of COVID-19 vaccination and 174,545,534 people have received the second dose of vaccination.

While the third dose of vaccination was 67,847,009 and the fourth dose was 1,077,268. Meanwhile, the target for vaccination in Indonesia is 234,666,020 people.