3 provinces register new cases of Covid-19 more than 1,000, Papua there are 1,755

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – The government reported 8,369 new confirmed cases of Covid-19 on Thursday (03/12/2020). This is the highest record during a pandemic in the country.

The addition of these cases brought the total number of Covid-19 cases in Indonesia to 557,877 people.

This information was transmitted by the Covid-19 Management Working Group through the data received Kompas.com, Thursday afternoon.

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There were 8,369 new positive cases of Covid-19 in 34 provinces. In detail, there were three provinces with a high number of additional cases, that is, more than 1,000 cases.

The three provinces are Papua (1,755 new cases), West Java (1,648 new cases) and DKI Jakarta (1,153 new cases).

In the same data, it also shows that there is an increase in the number of patients who have recovered from Covid-19 by 3,673 people.

They were declared cured after obtaining two negative results in laboratory tests with the method Polymerase chain reaction (PCR).

Therefore, the total number of patients who recovered from Covid-19 was 462,553.

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Meanwhile, the number of patients who died also increased by 156 people in the last 24 hours.

Therefore, there are now 17,355 people who died as a result of Covid-19.

Furthermore, there are 507 districts / cities affected by Covid-19 in 34 provinces.