UPDATE: The addition of 3,520 Covid-19 cases in Indonesia reaches 396,454 pages

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – The government stated that the corona virus is still being transmitted in the community, causing the number of Covid-19 cases to continue to rise.

According to data from the Covid-19 Manipulation Task Force on Tuesday (10/27/2020) at 12.00 WIB, more than 3,000 patients were added per day.

There were 3,520 new cases of Covid-19 in the last 24 hours.

The addition has brought the total number of Covid-19 cases in Indonesia now to 396,454 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 Working Group through a collection of data received by journalists on Tuesday afternoon.

The public can also access the data and information through the Covid19.go.id and Kemkes.go.id websites. to update every afternoon.

The patient recovered and died

Although positive cases continue to rise, hope grows with more and more patients recovering after being infected with the corona virus.

In one day, there are 4,576 additional Covid-19 patients recovering.

They were declared cured based on the results of the examination. polymerase chain reaction (PCR) indicating negative corona virus.

Thus, the total number of Covid-19 patients who have recovered has reached 322,248 since the start of the pandemic.

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However, sad news also emerged with an increase in the number of Covid-19 patients who died.

There are 101 other Covid-19 patients who died in the last 24 hours.

Thus, the Covid-19 death rate in Indonesia has reached 13,512 people.

With these data changes, active Covid-19 cases in Indonesia this Tuesday reached 60,694 people.

They are positive patients who are still in treatment in the hospital or in independent isolation.

Apart from the positive cases, it was also recorded that there were 169,479 people who were supek.

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Sample data

A total of 3,520 new cases of Covid-19 were obtained after the government examined 37,438 samples per day.

During the same period, 28,700 people were sampled for sample examination.

In total, the government has examined 4,388,995 specimens against 2,777,969 people sampled.

For the record, a person may have the sample examined 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 502 districts / cities of 34 provinces that have registered Covid-19 cases.

This means that the pandemic has affected more than 97 percent of the Indonesian territory.