UPDATE: Increase of 3,507, Covid-19 cases in Indonesia reach 225,030 pages in total

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – While the pros and cons of large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) in DKI Jakarta are still emerging, government data shows that transmission of the corona virus still occurs in the community.

Due to the fact that the transmission rate of the corona virus has not been fully controlled by the government, the number of Covid-19 cases in Indonesia continues to increase today Tuesday (9/15/2020).

In fact, the data shows that the number of Covid-19 patients in one day is still high, above 3,000 people.

According to data from the Covid-19 Manipulation Task Force as of Tuesday at 12.00 WIB, there were 3507 new cases of Covid-19 in the last 24 hours.

With this addition, the total number of Covid-19 cases in Indonesia has reached 225,030 people, as of the announcement of the first patient with the corona virus infection 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 via the Covid19.go.id website, which the government updates every afternoon.

Sample data

A total of 3,507 new cases of Covid-19 were discovered after the government examined 42,636 specimens per day.

The number of inspections has far exceeded the target of examining 30,000 specimens in one day announced by President Joko Widodo.

In the same period, 22,511 individuals were sampled for sample examination.

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In total, the government has examined 2,715,346 specimens from 1,592,056 people sampled.

With a note, a person can take the exam more than once.

The patient recovered and died

Although the number of cases continues to rise, the government is trying to generate hope by showing that many Covid-19 patients have recovered.

In one day, there were 2,660 additional Covid-19 patients who were declared cured and were no longer infected with the corona virus.

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They were declared cured after the examination with the method Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) shows negative results for the corona virus.

Thus, the total number of patients with Covid-19 that is considered recovered reaches 161,065 people.

However, sad news continues to reach Indonesia with the addition of Covid-19 patients who have passed away.

In the period from September 14 to 15, 2020, 124 patients with Covid-19 who died were registered.

Thus, the Covid-19 death rate in Indonesia reached 8,965 people.

In addition to the positive cases of the corona virus, the government also revealed that there are currently 99,634 suspected people.

So far, Covid-19 cases have been recorded in all provinces or 34 provinces of the country, from Aceh to Papua.

In more detail, there are 493 districts / cities in 34 provinces that have been affected by the transmission of the corona virus.

This number pulled the two regions compared to yesterday’s data.