UPDATE: Increase of 3,989 cases, Covid-19 in Indonesia reaches 244,676 pages in total

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com The Covid-19 pandemic in Indonesia has been going on for more than six months, but so far there is no indication that the government has managed to control the transmission of the coronavirus.

Until today, Sunday (9/20/2020), the transmission of the virus scientifically named SARS-CoV-2 is still ongoing, so the number of Covid-19 cases continues to grow.

According to the data that arrived until Sunday at 12.00 WIB, in one day there were still a large number of patients with Covid-19, almost 4,000 people.

There were 3,989 additional new cases of Covid-19, bringing the total number of cases to 244,676 people.

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The total number of cases counted since the announcement of the first Covid-19 patient on March 2, 2020.

This information was revealed by the Covid-19 Management Working Group through data sent to journalists on Sunday afternoon.

The data can also be accessed through the Covid19.go.id website, which experienced to update every afternoon.

The patient recovered and died

Even as the number of Covid-19 cases continues to grow, the government is raising hope by announcing that more patients are recovering after being infected with the corona virus.

In one day, there were 2,977 additional Covid-19 patients who were now considered cured.

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

Thus, the total number of Covid-19 patients who recovered and were no longer infected with the corona virus reached 177,327 people.

However, there is still sad news with the addition of Covid-19 patients who have passed away.

In the period 19-20 September 2020, 105 Covid-19 patients are known to have died.

Therefore, the death rate from Covid-19 in Indonesia reached 9,553 people since the beginning of the pandemic.

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Looking at changes in the number of patients recovering and dying, currently active Covid-19 cases have reached 57,796 people.

Apart from the positive cases of Covid-19, the government also revealed that there are currently 107,863 people who are suspects.

Sample data

A total of 3,989 new cases of Covid-19 were obtained after the government examined 36,753 samples per day.

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

So far, every province in Indonesia has registered Covid-19 cases, from Aceh to Papua.

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

This means that more than 95 percent of the territory of Indonesia has been affected by the Covid-19 pandemic.