UPDATE: Increase by 4,007, Indonesian Covid-19 Cases Approaching 300,000 Pages Total

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – The transmission rate of the corona virus in Indonesia has yet to show signs of slowing down, after the pandemic has dragged on for about seven months.

The government affirmed that there is still a contagion that causes Covid-19 cases to continue to increase today, Saturday (3/10/2020).

In fact, the addition of Covid-19 patients per day remains high, above 4,000 people.

Government data on Saturday at 12.00 WIB showed that there were 4,007 new cases of Covid-19 in the last 24 hours.

The addition has led to the number of Covid-19 cases in the country now totaling 299,506 people, as of the announcement of the first patient on March 2, 2020.

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This information was transmitted by the Covid-19 Management Working Group through data received by journalists on Saturday afternoon.

The public can also access the data on the Covid19.go.id and Kemkes.go.id sites, which are updated every evening.

The patient recovered and died

Although Covid-19 cases continue to rise, hope is seen with the number of Covid-19 patients who have recovered.

In one day, there are an additional 3,712 Covid-19 patients who recover and are considered to be no longer infected with the corona virus.

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

Therefore, the number of Covid-19 patients who have recovered is now 225,052 people.

However, the government has also reported the pain of Covid-19 patients who have died.

In the period from October 2-3, 2020, 83 patients with Covid-19 died.

As a result, the death toll from Covid-19 in Indonesia is now 11,055 people since the start of the pandemic.

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The data also shows that there are currently 63,399 active cases of Covid-19.

Aside from active cases, the government noted that there are currently 139,099 people who have suspect status.

Sample data

The government obtained a total of 4,007 new cases of Covid-19 after examining 43,487 samples in one day.

During the same period, 24,122 individuals were sampled for sample examination.

To date, 3,451,398 specimens have been examined versus 2,074,943 people sampled.

With registration, a person can submit to the examination of the sample more than once.

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

In detail, there are 497 districts / cities of 34 provinces that registered cases of Covid-19.

This means that more than 96 percent of the territory of Indonesia has been affected by the transmission of the corona virus and the Covid-19 pandemic.