Update On COVID-19 As Of February 9: New Case 220, Sembuh Adds 257

A number of doctors at the Friendship Hospital in Jakarta jointly dispatched COVID-19 patients from the Jakarta RSCM ambulance, Wednesday, March 4, 2020. (ANTARA-Andi Firdaus)

The COVID-19 Task Force released the latest additional positive cases of COVID-19 as of today. A total of 24,487 specimens were examined today. As a result, there were 220 new positive cases of COVID-19. "The total accumulation of positive cases since COVID-19 was discovered in Indonesia has reached 6,732,179 people and active cases have fallen by 40 to 4,155 cases," said COVID-19 Task Force data, Thursday, February 9. Today's recovered cases increased by 257 people, bringing the total to 6,567,169 recovered people. Then, positive confirmed cases who died increased by 3 cases and a total of 160,855 people. The province with the newest cases is DKI Jakarta with 88 cases and a total of 1,540,365 cases. Followed by West Java which has 53 new cases with a total of 1,235,415 cases. Banten has 24 new cases and a total of 366,089 cases. East Java has 17 new cases and a total of 637,759 cases. The province with the most recovered cases today belongs to DKI Jakarta with an additional 100 recovered cases. Followed by West Java with an additional 41 recovered cases, DI Yogyakarta with an additional 24 recovered cases, and East Java with an additional 23 recovered cases. In addition, the number of specimens that had been examined using RT-PCR, TCM, and antigen reached 115,008,989. "Positive results per number of people examined or this week's positivity rate of 1.61 percent", he wrote. The number of people suspected of contracting COVID-19 or who are currently categorized as suspected cases was recorded at 1,543 people. Currently, 34 provinces have had cases of COVID-19. Furthermore, currently there are 203,810,525 people who have received the first dose of COVID-19 vaccination and 174,801,161 the second dose of vaccination. Then, the third dose of vaccination was 69,644,649 and the fourth dose was 1,734,078. Meanwhile, the target for vaccination in Indonesia is 234,666,020 people.