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Data from the Task Force for Handling COVID-19 shows that until now the government has examined 4,092,595 specimens from 2,553,521 people with a positivity rate of 14.3 percent.

According to data received in Jakarta on Monday afternoon, the health authorities on 19 October 2020 examined 36,259 specimens from 25,202 people. Self-examination was carried out by 376 laboratories throughout Indonesia.

From the results on Monday (19/10), there were 3,373 people tested positive and 21,829 people tested negative through the PCR swab test and molecular rapid test (TCM).

With these results, a total of 365,240 people tested positive out of 2,553,521 people who had been examined.

Dividing the number of positive results by the total number of cases examined for specimens finds that Indonesia currently has a positive rate of around 14.3 percent. The percentage is still higher than the World Health Organization (WHO) standard of five percent.

The results show that the positive rate has not changed in the last three days with the numbers on Saturday (17/10) and Sunday (18/10) also showing the same number.

Of the 3,373 people who tested positive, the largest addition came from DKI Jakarta Province with 926 new patients, followed by West Java with 524 new patients, Central Java with 316 new patients, East Java with 242 new patients, and West Sumatra with 242 new patients.

The capital city of Jakarta is still the largest contributor to total COVID-19 cases with 95,253 people, but Jakarta also recorded the largest accumulation of recovered patients as many as 80,167 people.

Meanwhile, the province with the most total deaths due to COVID-19 is East Java with 3,562 people. (Antaranews)