The number of daily confirmed COVID-19 cases in Indonesia rose by 6,383 on Saturday, taking the total number of cases reported in the country since March 2020 to 6,603,195, the COVID-19 Handling Task Force reported.
As per data from the task force, the number of active cases rose by 1,444, with a total of 62,728 patients currently receiving medical treatment.
Compared to other provinces in Indonesia, Jakarta recorded the highest number of daily COVID-19 cases at 2,628.
Meanwhile, the number of COVID-19 patients who succumbed to the virus increased by 25 nationwide to reach 159,348.
The data also showed that Indonesia recorded 4,914 additional recoveries on Saturday, which took the cumulative number of recoveries to 6,381,119.
The government has urged citizens to take the third or booster dose of the COVID-19 vaccine to increase their immunity against the virus.
According to Health Ministry spokesperson Mohammad Syahril, Omicron’s XBB and BQ.1 sub-variants have begun to dominate COVID-19 cases in Indonesia.
“The new sub-variants, XBB and BQ.1, have 25 percent of the proportion of cases. Later, it can shift as the previous variant,” he informed.
Source: Antara News