UPDATE: 5,418 new cases of Covid-19 in Indonesia in one day, total 527,999 pages all

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – Indonesia recorded the highest record regarding the addition of Covid-19 cases in one day, yesterday. Today, there is no indication that transmission of the corona virus has decreased.

This can be seen in the large number of Covid-19 patients in one day, which exceeds 5,000 people.

According to data from the Covid-19 Manipulation Task Force on Saturday (11/28/2020), there were 5,418 new cases of Covid-19 in the last 24 hours.

Thus, the total number of Covid-19 cases in Indonesia has reached 527,999 people, as of the announcement of the first patient on March 2, 2020.

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This information is based on data sent by the Covid-19 Task Force to reporters on Saturday afternoon.

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

The patient recovered and died

Although cases continue to rise, hope in the midst of a pandemic arises with more and more Covid-19 patients recovering.

In one day, there were an additional 4,527 Covid-19 patients who recovered and were deemed free from corona virus infection.

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 recovered Covid-19 patients has reached 441,983 people since the start of the pandemic.

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

In the period from November 27 to 28, 2020, there were 125 patients who died after being infected with the corona virus.

Therefore, the Covid-19 death rate in Indonesia to date is 16,646 people.

With changes in the data that have occurred since yesterday, there are currently 69,370 active cases of Covid-19.

Active cases are the number of patients who are still in treatment, either in hospital or in independent isolation.

Apart from the positive cases, there were also 67,836 suspects.

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