UPDATE: Exactly 6 months, Covid-19 cases in Indonesia reach 180,646 pages in total

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – The Covid-19 pandemic in Indonesia lasted exactly six months today, Wednesday (2/9/2020), as of the announcement of the first coronavirus infected patient on March 2, 2020.

However, so far there have been no signs of declining transmission of the corona virus. The government even shows data that the number of Covid-19 cases is increasing.

According to government data as of this Wednesday at 12.00 WIB, there have been a total of 180,646 cases of Covid-19 in Indonesia since the start of the pandemic.

This number was due to the addition of 3,075 new boxes of Covid-19 in the last 24 hours.

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

The public can also access the data through the Covid19.go.id website, which the government updates every afternoon.

Sample data

Up to 3,075 new cases of Covid-19 were discovered after the government examined 31,001 specimens per day.

During that period, 21,508 individuals were sampled for sample examination.

The number of specimens examined exceeded the target set by President Joko Widodo, which is 30,000 specimens examined in one day.

In total, the government has examined 2,301,268 specimens from 1,333,985 people sampled.

This means that a person can have the sample examined more than once.

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The patient recovered and died

Although the number of Covid-19 cases continues to rise, the government is trying to generate hope by revealing that more and more patients are recovering after being infected with the corona virus.

In one day, 1,914 patients were found to have recovered after being exposed to Covid-19.

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

In this way, the total number of patients with Covid-19 who were declared cured and who are no longer infected with the corona virus has reached 129,971 people.

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However, the government continues to transmit sad news with the incorporation of patients with Covid-19 who have died.

In the period from September 1-2, 2020, a further 111 patients with Covid-19 died.

Thus, the Covid-19 related death rate in Indonesia reached 7,616 people.

Apart from the positive cases, the government also revealed that there are 81,757 people currently suspected.

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For additional information, Covid-19 cases have been recorded in Indonesia in all provinces, or in 34 provinces from Aceh to Papua.

In detail, there are 488 districts / cities of 34 provinces affected by the corona virus infection.