According to data received from the task force in Jakarta, an additional 11,900 people got the first dose on Tuesday, taking the total number of first-dose recipients to 203,924,746.
The data also showed that the number of people receiving the second dose increased by 15,469 to 174,616,077.
Meanwhile, 4,813 more Indonesians received the fourth dose or second booster, bringing the total number of second booster recipients to 1,100,943.
The government has set itself the target of administering the COVID-19 vaccine to 234,666,020 people as part of efforts to build herd immunity against the disease that affects the human respiratory system.
The task force also reported that the country added 1,297 COVID-19 infections on Tuesday. Meanwhile, the number of patients recovering from COVID-19 rose by 2,781 and the number of patients succumbing to the virus increased by 27.
Earlier, the Health Ministry issued a circular letter asking regional governments to prepare for the mobilization of people during the Christmas and New Year celebrations.
"Since the 2022 Christmas and 2023 New Year celebrations are still in the COVID-19 pandemic, health authorities need to go on standby to prevent and control COVID-19 disease," Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin said in Jakarta on Tuesday.
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Editor: Rahmad Nasution
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