Indonesia's COVID-19 Testing: 501,630 Specimens per Day (Friday, February 18, 2022)

Indonesia conducted 501,63 thousand COVID-19 specimen tests on Friday, February 18, 2022. This number is lower than the previous day's testing. To date, a total of 80.08 million specimens have been examined.

The average number of specimens tested has increased. The average is 453.99 thousand specimens per day throughout February. In January, the average COVID-19 test was 283.46 thousand 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 Friday, February 18, 2022, was 101.07 thousand, bringing the total to 21.02 million people. Compared to the population, the ratio is 77.22 thousand 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.