COVID-19 Update As Of March 19: 272 New Cases, 3,841 Active Cases

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JAKARTA - The COVID-19 Handling Task Force released the latest additional positive cases of COVID-19 as of today. A total of 11,321 specimens were examined today. As a result, there were 272 new positive cases of COVID-19. "The total accumulation of positive cases since COVID-19 was discovered in Indonesia has reached 6,741,354 people and active cases have increased by 64 to 3,841 cases," said COVID-19 Task Force data, Sunday, March 19. Today's recovered cases increased by 206 people, bringing the total to 6,576,542 recovered people. Then, the positive confirmed cases who died increased by 2 cases and the total was 160,971 people. The province with the newest cases is DKI Jakarta with 128 cases and a total of 1,544,343 cases. Followed by West Java which has 73 new cases with a total of 1,237,698 cases. Banten has 21 new cases and a total of 366,924 cases. East Java has 19 new cases and a total of 638,549 cases. The province with the most recovered cases today belongs to DKI Jakarta with an additional 126 recovered cases. Followed by Banten with an additional 23 recovered cases, West Java with an additional 22 recovered cases, and East Java with an additional 19 recovered cases. In addition, the number of specimens that had been examined using RT-PCR, TCM, and antigen reached 115,747,449. "Positive results per number of people examined or the positivity rate of people this week is 2.36 percent," he wrote. The number of people suspected of contracting COVID-19 or who are currently categorized as suspected cases was recorded at 629 people. Currently, 34 provinces have had cases of COVID-19. Furthermore, currently there are 203,819,088 people who have received the first dose of COVID-19 vaccination and 174,846,754 the second dose of vaccination. Then, the third dose of vaccination was 68,585,052 and the fourth dose was 3,027,678. Meanwhile, the target for vaccination in Indonesia is 234,666,020 people.