UPDATE: Increase of 2,880, there are now 196,989 Covid-19 cases in Indonesia

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – The government through the Covid-19 Management Working Group declared that there is still transmission of the corona virus in the community as of today, Monday (7/9/2020).

This causes the number of Covid-19 cases in Indonesia to continue to grow. In fact, this daily increase was recorded as high.

Government data from Monday at 12.00 WIB showed that there were 2,880 new cases of Covid-19 in the last 24 hours.

The addition has caused Covid-19 cases in the country to now reach 196,989 people, as of the announcement of the first case on March 2, 2020.

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This information was revealed by the Covid-19 Task Force through data sent to journalists on Monday afternoon.

Additionally, the data can also be accessed via the Covid19.go.id website, which is updated every afternoon.

Sample data

A total of 2,880 new cases of Covid-19 were discovered after the government examined 18,412 samples a day.

During the same period, 16,181 individuals were sampled for sample examination.

The government conducts an examination of samples by method Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and rapid molecular tests.

So far, a total of 2,452,164 samples from 1,417,694 people have been examined with regards to Covid-19 prevention.

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The patient recovered and died

While the number of cases continues to grow, the government is trying to raise hope by announcing that more Covid-19 patients are recovering.

In one day, it became known that there were 2,077 additional recovered Covid-19 patients.

They were declared cured and were no longer infected with the corona virus after tests with the PCR method showed negative results for the corona virus.

Therefore, the total number of Covid-19 patients who have been declared cured has reached 140,652 people.

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However, sad news is still coming out with the growing number of Covid-19 patients who have died.

In the period from September 6 to 7, 2020, an additional 105 Covid-19 patients are known to have died.

Therefore, the total number of Covid-19 patients who died was 8,130.

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In addition to the positive cases, the government also announced that there are currently 89,992 people suspected of contracting the corona virus.

So far, all the provinces or 34 provinces of the country have registered cases of Covid-19.

In detail, there are 489 of the 34 provinces that have been affected by the transmission of the corona virus.