14,265 cases of Covid-19, high local transmission

YAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – The number of positive patients contracting the coronavirus and Covid-19 disease in Indonesia continues to grow.

The government spokesman for handling the coronavirus, Achmad Yurianto said, according to government data on Monday (11/05/2020) at 12:00 WIB, there were 233 known cases of Covid-19 in the past 24 hours.

The addition caused a total of 14,265 Covid-19 cases in Indonesia, counting from the first case announced on March 2, 2020.

“The positive confirmation of Covid-19 today we have 233 people, with a total of 14,265 people,” Yurianto said at his press conference in Graha BNPB, Jakarta on Monday (05/11/2020).

Also read: UPDATE: There are now 14,265 Covid-19 cases in Indonesia, 233 new cases

So far, Covid-19 cases have been reported in 373 districts or cities in 34 provinces, or in all provinces of Indonesia.

However, it is known that the distribution of new cases for the period 10-11 May 2020 comes from 15 provinces.

DKI Jakarta recorded the highest addition of Covid-19 cases with 86 new cases. Next up is West Java with 56 new cases.

East Java also sees a large increase with 34 new cases. North Sumatra is also quite high with 17 new cases.

The number of positive cases was obtained after the government analyzed 161,351 samples from 116,358 people.

Also read: UPDATE May 11: 161,351 samples have been tested Covid-19

This means that a person may undergo a sample examination more than once.