UPDATE: Increase from 2,973, there are now 418,375 Covid-19 cases in Indonesia

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – The government shows that the transmission of the corona virus to this day still occurs in the community, after the pandemic has lasted more than eight months.

This can be seen in the growing number of Covid-19 cases, according to the data that arrives until Tuesday at 12.00 WIB.

Government data shows that there have been 2,973 new cases of Covid-19 in the last 24 hours.

This addition brings the number of Covid-19 cases in Indonesia currently to 418,375 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 Management Working Group through data received by journalists on Tuesday afternoon.

The public can also access the data through the Covid19.go.id and Kemkes.go.id sites, with to update given every afternoon.

The patient recovered and died

Although the number of cases continues to grow, hope arises with the growing number of Covid-19 patients recovering.

In one day, there are 3,931 additional Covid-19 patients known to have recovered and are no longer considered infected with the corona virus.

They were declared cured according to the examination method. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) showing negative results for the corona virus.

The total number of recovered Covid-19 patients has reached 349,497 since the start of the pandemic.

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However, the sad news has returned with an increase in the number of Covid-19 patients who have died.

In the period from November 2 to 3, 2020, 102 patients with Covid-19 died.

Therefore, the death rate from Covid-19 in Indonesia reached 14,146 people.

With this data, there are now 54,732 active cases of Covid-19 in Indonesia. They are patients who are still in treatment or independent isolation.

In addition to the positive cases, 56,039 people are currently known to be related to the transmission of the coronavirus.

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Sample data

A total of 2,973 new cases of Covid-19 were discovered after the government examined 29,928 samples a day.

In the same period, 22,218 people were sampled for sample examination.

In total, the government has examined 4,597,536 specimens from 2,941,778 people sampled.

For the record, a person can have a sample test more than once.

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

In more detail, there are 502 districts / cities in 34 provinces that registered patients for being infected with the corona virus.

This means that more than 97 percent of the territory of Indonesia has been affected by the Covid-19 pandemic.