UPDATE: again add over 3,000, Covid-19 cases go over 200,000 pages in total

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – After more than six months of the Covid-19 pandemic that took place in Indonesia, the transmission of the corona virus still occurs in the community to this day.

The government through the Covid-19 Management Working Group stated that the transmission of the virus scientifically called SARS-CoV-2 caused the number of Covid-19 cases to continue to rise.

In fact, the addition of Covid-19 patients per day was very high, above 3,000 patients.

Based on incoming data as of Tuesday (8/9/2020) at 12.00 WIB, there was an addition of 3,046 new cases.

Thus, the number of Covid-19 cases in Indonesia has reached 200,035 people, as of the announcement of the first patient on March 2, 2020.

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

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

Sample data

A total of 3,046 new cases of Covid-19 were discovered after the government examined 32,643 specimens per day.

In the same period, 16,600 people were sampled for sample examination.

In total, the government has examined 2,484,807 specimens from 1,434,294 people sampled.

This means that a person can have the sample examined more than once.

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The patient recovered and died

Even though Covid-19 cases continue to rise, the government is still trying to increase hope by announcing that many patients have recovered after being infected with the corona virus.

In one day, there were 2,306 additional Covid-19 patients who recovered and were no longer infected with the corona virus.

They were declared cured according to the examination method. Polymerase chain reaction, with a negative result of the coronavirus.

Thus, the total number of recovered Covid-19 patients has reached 142,958 people.

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However, there is still sad news with the increasing number of Covid-19 patients who have died.

In the period of September 7 to 8, 2020, 100 patients with Covid-19 are known to have died.

This number brings the death rate from Covid-19 in Indonesia now to 8,230 people.

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In addition to the positive cases, the government also revealed that there are currently 90,952 people with suspected Covid-19 status.

Currently, Covid-19 cases have been recorded in all provinces or 34 provinces of Indonesia, from Aceh to Papua.

There are already 489 districts / cities in 34 provinces that have been affected by the transmission of the corona virus.

This means that transmission has occurred in more than 90 percent of the second-tier areas of the country.