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JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – Indonesia has once again registered a record of incorporation of new positive patients to the coronavirus or Covid-19.
According to government data that entered until Thursday (3/9/2020) at 12.00 WIB, 3,622 positive COVID-19 patients were registered in the last 24 hours.
This figure is the highest increase since President Joko Widodo announced the first case of Covid-19 on March 2.
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The addition of 3,622 people was the result of examining 37,589 specimens from 19,306 people in one day.
Therefore, the number of Covid-19 positive patient cases in Indonesia is now 184,268 people.
This information was transmitted by the Covid-19 Working Group through data from the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) quoted Kompas.com, Thursday afternoon.
Based on records Kompas.com, the previous record for the highest daily patient intake occurred on Saturday (8/29/2020) with 3,308 people.
The day before, Friday (8/28/2020), there was also the incorporation of a high number of daily patients, that is, 3,003 new cases.
Then on Wednesday (8/27/2020) there was also a record increase in the number of highs with 2,719 new cases.
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Although the number of Covid-19 cases continues to grow, the government is raising hope by revealing that more patients are recovering.
In the same period, there are 2,084 additional Covid-19 patients known to recover in one day.
They were declared cured after examination with the method Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) shows negative results for the corona virus.
Thus, the total number of Covid-19 patients who recovered and were no longer infected with the corona virus reached 132,055 people.
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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 September 2 to 3, 2020, 134 patients with Covid-19 died.
Hence, the Covid-19 death rate in Indonesia reached 7,750 people.