UPDATE: Registration of 5,828 new cases, in total there are 522,581 cases of Covid-19 RI

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – The Covid-19 pandemic has been running for almost nine months, but the government reports that transmission of the corona virus is still occurring in the community.

This can be seen in the growing number of Covid-19 cases, even more than 5,000 new patients per day.

Government data as of Friday (11/27/2020) at 12.00 WIB registered, there were 5,828 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 522,581 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 Friday afternoon.

The public can also access the data through the Covid19.go.id and Kemkes.go.id sites, with updates available every afternoon.

The patient recovered and died

Although the number of positive cases continues to rise, the government shows that hope arises during a pandemic with many recovering Covid-19 patients.

In one day, there were 3,807 additional Covid-19 patients who were deemed cured and were no longer infected with the corona virus.

They were declared cured according to the examination method. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) showing a negative result for coronavirus.

Thus, the total number of Covid-19 patients who have recovered has a total of 437,456 people since the start of the pandemic.

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However, the sad news also continues with the addition of Covid-19 patients who have passed away.

In the period from November 26 to 27, 2020, 169 patients with Covid-19 died.

Thus, the death rate from Covid-19 in Indonesia has reached 16,521 people.

With a number of data changes compared to yesterday, there are currently 68,604 active cases of Covid-19.

These are confirmed positive patients who are still in hospital treatment or in independent isolation.

Aside from active cases, the government also noted that there are 67,836 people who are now suspects.

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The sample is examined

This new case record was discovered after the government examined 48,823 specimens a day.

During the same period, 39,435 individuals were sampled for sample examination.

In total, the government examined 5,566,215 specimens from 3,729,561 people sampled.

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

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So far, the Covid-19 case has been recorded in all the provinces of Indonesia, from Aceh to Papua.

In more detail, there are 505 districts / cities in 34 provinces that registered patients for being infected with the corona virus.

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