Increase of 4,168, now there are 240,687 Covid-19 cases in Indonesia

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – The government has taken various forms to suppress the spread of Covid-19, but the number of cases continues to increase today, Saturday (9/19/2020).

The government stated that the transmission of the corona virus was still occurring, so there were a large number of Covid-19 patients.

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According to data from this Saturday at 12.00 WIB, there were 4,168 new cases of Covid-19 in the last 24 hours.

This has caused the total number of Covid-19 cases in Indonesia to now reach 240,687 people, as of the announcement of the first patient on March 2, 2020.

This information was revealed by the Covid-19 Management Working Group through data sent to journalists on Saturday afternoon.

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Data can also be accessed on the site covid19.go.id or the website of the Ministry of Health, which is updated every night.

The number of Covid-19 cases continues to rise, but the government is trying to give hope by showing that many patients are recovering.

In one day, there were 3,576 additional Covid-19 patients who recovered and were no longer infected with the corona virus.

Therefore, the number of Covid-19 patients who recovered reached 174,350 people.

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However, the sad news continues to reach Indonesia with the addition of Covid-19 patients who have died.

In the period from September 18 to 19, 2020, 112 patients with Covid-19 died.

In that way, the Covid-19 death rate in Indonesia has now reached 9,448 people.