Jakarta (ANTARA) – The number of Indonesians receiving their second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine rose by 142,834 to reach 12,912,623 as of Friday afternoon, according to the Task Force for COVID-19 Handling.<\/p>\n
As many as 552,594 Indonesians received their first vaccine jab, taking the total tally to 25,482,036.<\/p>\n
The recipients of the first vaccine dose represent 63.15 percent of the 40,349,049 recipients targeted under the first and second phases of the national vaccination program.<\/p>\n
The number of fully vaccinated Indonesians make up 32 percent of the targeted recipients.<\/p>\n
The government is seeking to vaccinate 181.5 million citizens, or 70 percent of the country’s population, to create herd immunity against the virus.<\/p>\n
To speed up vaccinations, the government has been working to expand the capacity of vaccination services.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Indonesia\u2019s daily coronavirus cases jumped by 18,872 on Friday, taking the total cases recorded since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in March, 2020 to 2,073,867, the Task Force for COVID-19 Response reported.<\/p>\n
Jakarta added the highest number of daily cases at 6,934, followed by West Java (3,846) and Central Java (2,118).<\/p>\n
Only North Kalimantan reported no new cases.<\/p>\n
With 8,557 people recovering from COVID-19 on Friday, the number of recoveries reached 1,835,061, with the highest number of recoveries recorded in Jakarta at 2,571.<\/p>\n
The number of patients dying of COVID-19 reached 422 in the 24 hours ended 12 p.m. on Friday, bringing the death toll to 56,371. Central Java recorded the highest number of deaths at 103. (INE)<\/p>\n
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Source: ANTARA News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"