There are now 16,006 cases of Covid-19 in Indonesia, increasing 568



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YAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – Government spokesperson for the management of the coronavirus, Achmad Yurianto, announced the latest data on patients and the Covid-19 case in Indonesia.

According to government data as of Thursday (05/14/2020) at 12:00 WIB, 568 cases of Covid-19 were added in the last 24 hours.

Thus, to date there are a total of 16,006 cases of Covid-19 in Indonesia, as of the first case announced on March 2, 2020.

This was announced by Achmad Yurianto at a press conference on Graha BNPB on Thursday afternoon.

“Today we have (in addition to patients) 568 people, so there are a total of 16,006 people,” said Achmad Yurianto.

Also Read: UPDATE: Total Covid-19 Positive Indonesians Abroad 773 People

According to Yurianto, the government assured the confirmation of positive cases using two methods, namely tests Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) performed in real time and rapid molecular testing methods.

There were 15,794 people who tested positive for PCR. While based on rapid molecular testing, there are 212 confirmed positive coronavirus.

Government data also showed that there were an additional 231 Covid-19 patients who were declared cured in one day.

The patient recovered after two examinations based Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) shows negative results of the corona virus.

The addition caused a total of Covid-19 patients who recovered 3,518 people.

Also read: UPDATE May 14: add 231, now there are 3,518 patients recovered from Covid-19

However, there is sad news with the addition of Covid-19 patients who died.

It is known that there were 15 patients with Covid-19 who died in the period 13-14 May 2020.

“So (total) 1,043 people,” Yurianto said.

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