Jakarta (ANTARA) – As many as 225,137 Indonesians received the first booster vaccine or the third dose of the COVID-19 vaccine on Thursday, taking the total tally to 59,943,022, the COVID-19 Task Force has reported.
The number of people who received the second dose of the vaccine increased by 50,669, bringing the total to 170,801,764 since the vaccination program was launched last year, the task force said.
The number of Indonesians who have received the first dose of the vaccine touched 203,198,108, with 37,035 people taking the vaccine in the 24 hours ended Thursday.
The number of people receiving the second booster shot or the fourth dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, mainly healthcare workers and the elderly, increased by 1,981 to reach 281,555 as of Thursday noon.
Meanwhile, Indonesia added 5,214 novel coronavirus infections on Thursday, according to data provided by the COVID-19 Handling Task Force.
The data showed that Jakarta recorded the most infections on Thursday at 2,389, and added 3,083 recoveries and 4 deaths.
Meanwhile, West Java recorded the second-highest number of new cases at 1,135, besides 1,222 recoveries and 5 deaths. Banten was next with 571 new cases, 372 recoveries, and zero deaths.
East Java reported 414 new cases, 406 recoveries, and zero deaths, while Central Java registered the fifth-highest number of new COVID-19 cases at 178, as well as 135 recoveries and 1 death.
Nationwide, the number of people who recovered from the virus reached 5,780, while the number of people who succumbed to COVID-19 touched 19 on Thursday, the task force data showed.
Since Indonesia’s first COVID-19 case was confirmed in March 2020, the country has recorded a total of 6,334,357 COVID-19 cases, 6,129,122 recoveries, and 157,457 deaths.
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