COVID-19 Update As Of March 28: 511 New Cases, 176 Recovered

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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 18,956 specimens were examined today. As a result, there were 511 new positive cases of COVID-19. "The total accumulation of positive cases since COVID-19 was discovered in Indonesia has reached 6,744,873 people and active cases have increased by 330 to 4,755 cases," said COVID-19 Task Force data, Tuesday, March 28. Today's recovered cases increased by 176 people, bringing the total to 6,579,113 people. Then, the positive confirmed cases who died increased by 5 cases and a total of 161,005 people. The province with the newest cases is DKI Jakarta with 234 cases and a total of 1,545,913 cases. Followed by West Java which has 108 new cases with a total of 1,238,484 cases. East Java has 47 new cases and a total of 638,875 cases. Banten has 41 new cases and a total of 367,251 cases. The province with the most recovered cases today belongs to DKI Jakarta with an additional 98 recovered cases. Followed by West Java with an additional 32 recovered cases, East Java with an additional 23 recovered cases, and Central Java with an additional 16 recovered cases. In addition, the number of specimens that had been examined using RT-PCR, TCM, and antigen reached 115,886,552. "Positive results per number of people examined or the positivity rate of people this week is 3 percent," he wrote. The number of people suspected of contracting COVID-19 or who are currently categorized as suspected cases was recorded at 1,336 people. Currently, 34 provinces have had cases of COVID-19. Furthermore, currently there are 203,821,575 people who have received the first dose of COVID-19 vaccination and 174,851,388 of the second dose of vaccination. Then, the third dose of vaccination was 68,614,687 and the fourth dose was 3,069,559. Meanwhile, the target for vaccination in Indonesia is 234,666,020 people.