UPDATE: Adding 3509 people, Indonesia’s Covid-19 cases reached 278,722 pages in total

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – Several parties currently consider the Covid-19 pandemic in Indonesia to be in an alarming stage, after more than six months.

So far, there have been no signs that the transmission rate of the corona virus has decreased. This can be seen in the data on the Covid-19 case published by the government until today, Monday (9/28/2020).

According to government data as of this Monday at 12.00 WIB, there were 3,509 new cases of Covid-19 in the last 24 hours.

The addition has caused the number of Covid-19 cases in Indonesia to now reach 278,722 people, as of the announcement of the first case on March 2, 2020.

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This information was transmitted by the government through the data presented to journalists on Monday afternoon.

The public can also access the latest data through the website Covid19.go.id or Kemkes.go.id, with to update that appears every afternoon.

The patient recovered and died

Although cases continue to rise, the government continues to raise hope by showing that more and more Covid-19 patients are recovering.

In one day, there were another 3,856 patients who recovered and were no longer infected with the corona virus.

They were declared cured after examination with the method Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) shows negative results for the corona virus.

Therefore, the total number of recovered Covid-19 patients is now 206,870.

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However, the sad news has returned with the incorporation of Covid-19 that died.

In the period from September 27 to 28, 2020, 87 patients with Covid-19 died.

The addition caused the Covid-19 death rate in Indonesia to now reach 10,473 people.

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With this data, there are 61,379 active cases of Covid-19 in Indonesia

In addition to being positively confirmed, the government also revealed that there are currently 131,361 people who are suspects.

Sample data

A total of 3509 new cases of Covid-19 were obtained after the government examined 32,189 specimens.

In the same period, 27,637 people were sampled for sample examination.

In total, the government examined 3,239,244 specimens against 1,934,863 people sampled.

With registration, a person can undergo a sample examination more than once.

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Covid-19 cases have been recorded in all provinces of Indonesia, from Aceh to Papua.

In particular, there are 497 districts / cities in 34 provinces that have been affected by the transmission of the corona virus.

This means that more than 96 percent of the territory of Indonesia has been affected by the Covid-19 pandemic.