Adding 533, the Covid-19 case now becomes 13,645

YAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – The government announced the latest developments related to data on the number of Covid-19 cases in Indonesia.

As of Saturday afternoon (09/05/2020), the government revealed that there were a total of 13,645 cases of Covid-19 in the country.

Corona government spokesman Achmad Yurianto said the total number after 533 additional Covid-19 positive patients was recorded in the last 24 hours from all hospitals in Indonesia.

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“Positive results, positive test using the 13,543 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) method, while with 102 TCM (molecular rapid tests) totaling 13,645,” said Yurianto at the Graha National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) , on Saturday afternoon.

Yuri also said that in the same period, there were 113 additional Covid-19 patients who were declared cured.

They have been declared negative after taking two tests.

This addition means that a total of Covid-19 patients cured to date are 2,607 people.

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However, the government also transmitted sad news with the incorporation of 16 patients who died after suffering from Covid-19.

So the total number of cases of Covid-19 patients who died were 959 people.

“This data image becomes a point for us to see how disciplined it is to prevent the transmission of Covid-19,” said Yuri.

As of this Saturday, the government has examined 150,887 specimens. A total of 150,493 through real-time PCR methods and 394 through rapid molecular testing.