Indonesia's COVID-19 Testing: 601,450 Specimens per Day (Wednesday, March 2, 2022)

Indonesia conducted 601,450 thousand COVID-19 specimen tests on Wednesday, March 2, 2022. This number is higher than the number of specimens tested the previous day. To date, a total of 85.62 million specimens have been examined.

The average number of specimens tested has increased. The average is 520,100 specimens per day throughout March. In January, the average number of COVID-19 tests was 283,460 specimens per day.

The number of specimens tested includes antigen tests, Real Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests, and rapid molecular tests (TCM).

Meanwhile, the total number of people tested with RT-PCR as of Wednesday, March 2, 2022, was 79,120, bringing the total to 21.98 million people. Compared to the population, the ratio is 80,740 people per one million inhabitants.

In addition to specimen testing, to suppress the spread of COVID-19, the government urges the public to more strictly implement the 3M health protocols: wearing masks, washing hands with soap, and maintaining distance and avoiding crowds.