UPDATE: 4,106 increase, Indonesian Covid-19 cases reached 467,113 pages in total

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – The case of Covid-19 in Indonesia has returned to the public’s attention after in the last two days the number of additional patients per day has exceeded 5,000.

Government data for today, Sunday (11/15/2020) again shows that transmission of the corona virus is still occurring in the community.

According to data from the Covid-19 Manipulation Task Force on Sunday at 12.00 WIB, there were 4,106 new cases of Covid-19 in the last 24 hours.

This addition brings the total number of Covid-19 cases in Indonesia currently to 467,113 people, as of the appearance 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 Sunday afternoon.

The public can also access the data through the Covid19.go.id and Kemkes.go.id sites to update that appears every afternoon.

The patient recovered and died

Even as Covid-19 cases continue to rise, hope is emerging with the continued rise in recovered patients.

In one day, there were an additional 3,897 Covid-19 patients who recovered after they were deemed no longer infected with the corona virus.

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 Covid-19 patients who have recovered has reached 391,991 people since the start of the pandemic.

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

In the period from November 14 to 15, 2020, 63 patients with Covid-19 died.

Therefore, the Covid-19 death rate in Indonesia has reached 15,211 people.

With this data, there are currently 59,911 active cases of Covid-19.

Apart from the positive cases, the government also shows that there are currently 63,380 people who are suspects.

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Sample data

A total of 4,106 new cases of Covid-19 were discovered after the government examined 32,861 samples a day.

During the same period, 25,396 people were sampled to examine the samples.

So far, the government has performed 5,055,488 sample tests on 3,313,590 sampled people.

For the record, a person can undergo a sample examination in one day.

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

In more detail, there are 505 districts / cities in 34 provinces that recorded the transmission of the corona virus.

This means that the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic has been affected in more than 98 percent of the territory of Indonesia.