Indonesia recorded 4,329 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday, with Jakarta adding the highest number of infections at 2,131, according to data from the COVID-19 Handling Task Force.
After Jakarta, the provinces with the most new cases were West Java (871), Banten (643), East Java (251), and Bali (158), data received from the task force here showed.
The data also showed that 2,702 patients recovered from COVID-19, while 6 patients succumbed to the virus on Saturday.
Ever since Indonesia’s first COVID-19 case was confirmed in March 2020, the country has recorded a total of 6,131,413 COVID-19 cases, 5,947,980 recoveries, and 156,839 deaths.
On Saturday, the number of active cases or patients undergoing isolation was recorded at 26,594, an increase of 1,621 compared to the previous day.
Head of the sub-sector of health support for emergencies at the task force, Alexander K. Ginting, said that the number of active cases has exceeded the Health Ministry’s forecast of 20 thousand active cases.
Though the number of COVID-19 cases is showing an upward trend, the occupancy of hospital beds is still in the range of three to four percent because the majority of patients are only experiencing mild or no symptoms.
As part of efforts to boost community immunity against COVID-19, the Indonesian government launched a nationwide vaccination program on January 13, 2021, targeting as many as 208,265,720 citizens across the country.
According to data provided by the COVID-19 task force, as of Saturday, as many as 201,907,334 Indonesians have received the first vaccine dose, 169,514,244 have been administered the second dose, and 52,747,194 have taken the booster dose.
Source: Antara News