Jakarta. Indonesian health authorities have dispensed 2.6 million doses of coronavirus vaccine since a major vaccination campaign began on Jan. 13, according to government figures released Saturday.
A total of 1.6 million citizens have been vaccinated, with around 1 million already receiving double shots of the vaccine produced by pharmaceutical company Bio Farma, and Sinovac Biotech in China .
The country is currently in the second phase of the vaccine after a majority of registered medical workers received the vaccine in the first phase.
“We are targeting an additional 38 million citizens in this second phase, meaning 76 million doses of the vaccine,” Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin told Antara news agency Saturday.
He said the government expected the current vaccination campaign aimed at former citizens and public sector workers to be completed by the end of June, before it could go to priority groups. other.
“The problem is not about setting a date, it’s more about the limited supply of the vaccine,” Budi said when he visited the East Java capital of Surabaya to investigate inclusion. old people there.
His comments came when the country recorded the lowest daily number of new cases in nearly two months.
Indonesia has added 6,208 coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of cases to 1.33 million. Saturday’s figure is the lowest daily count since Dec. 29.
The total number of active cases is 157,039.
The country has added more than 250,000 cases since February 1, the second highest total month after 335,116 cases in January.
The virus has killed at least 35,981 people in Indonesia since the uprising began. In February alone, nearly 6,000 people have died of coronavirus, according to a Jakarta Globe count.
The daily death toll has picked up growth in the past week, receiving an average of 238 Covid deaths.
The national capital Jakarta is home to more than 25 percent of the total number of cases nationwide.
Jakarta has recorded 337,637 cases and 5,453 deaths since the uprising began.
West Java comes next with 210,442 cases in total, including 2,309 deaths.
Both provinces have added more than 128,000 cases to the national list since the beginning of the month.
Meanwhile, Central Java has recorded 152,701 cases and 6,661 deaths.
But East Java has recorded the highest death toll in the Indonesian revolution, with a total of 9,088 Covid deaths out of 129,135 cases.
The four most populous areas in the country make up 62 percent of the total number of cases.
All major locations have reported slower growth in new cases since late January, with the exception of East Kalimantan and Bali which continue to report higher numbers.
East Kalimantan has been receiving an average of 511 cases since February 1, compared to an average of 456 cases in January.
The province has registered 55,017 cases and is closing rapidly on South Sulawesi, which has the highest number of non – Java coronavirus cases with a total of 56,114 cases.
Bali averaged 290 cases per day in February, compared to an average of 276 cases last month. The city’s island has recorded a total of 33,976 cases to be ranked seventh among the worst affected areas.