COVID-19 Update as of December 29: 685 New Cases, West Java the Biggest Contributor

UNSPLASH/Mufid Majnun ILLUSTRATION

JAKARTA - The COVID-19 Handling Task Force released the latest additional positive cases of COVID-19 today. A total of 36,602 specimens were examined with the result that there were 685 new positive cases of COVID-19.

"The total accumulation of positive cases since COVID-19 was discovered in Indonesia has reached 6,718,775 people and active cases have decreased by 761 to 13,964 cases", he was quoted as saying from the COVID-19 Task Force data, Thursday, December 29.

Today's recovered cases increased by 1,437 people, bringing a total of 6,544,228 people recovered. Then, positive confirmed cases who died increased by 9 cases and a total of 160,583 people.

The province with the newest cases is West Java with 198 cases and a total of 1,535,794 cases. Followed by DKI Jakarta with 189 new cases with a total of 1,232,231 cases. Banten has 62 new cases and a total of 364,918 cases. East Java has 56 new cases and a total of 636,562 cases.

The province with the most recovered cases today belongs to West Java with an additional 504 recovered cases. Followed by DKI Jakarta with an additional 395 recovered cases, Central Java with an additional 121 recovered cases, and East Java with an additional 74 recovered cases.

In addition, the number of specimens that have been examined using RT-PCR, TCM, and antigen has reached 113,850,710.

"The positive results per number of people examined or the positivity rate of people this week is 3.35 percent", he wrote.

The number of people who are suspected of contracting COVID-19 or who are currently categorized as suspected cases is recorded at 2,678 people. Currently, 34 provinces have had COVID-19 cases.

Until now, there have been 204,010,228 people who received the first dose of COVID-19 vaccination, and 174,748,037 received the second dose of vaccination.

Meanwhile, the third vaccination dose was 68,463,498 and the fourth dose was 1,162,118. Meanwhile, the target for vaccination in Indonesia is 234,666,020 people.