UPDATE: Increase of 3,622, Covid-19 cases in Indonesia reach 184,268 pages in total

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – The government through the Covid-19 Management Working Group stated that the transmission of the corona virus is still occurring in Indonesia today, Thursday (3/9/2020).

As a result, the number of Covid-19 cases in the country continues to grow. There is a very significant addition of patients who have tested positive for the corona virus.

Government data as of this Thursday at 12.00 WIB showed that there were 3,622 new cases of Covid-19 in the last 24 hours.

This addition has led to the total number of Covid-19 cases now reaching 184,268 people, as of the announcement of the first case on March 2, 2020.

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This information was revealed by the Covid-19 Task Force through data sent to journalists on Thursday afternoon.

The public can also access the data at Covid19.go.id, which is updated every afternoon.

The number of 3,622 new Covid-19 cases is the highest record of adding patients in one day.

Meanwhile, 3,622 cases were obtained based on the results of examining 37,597 specimens per day. During that period, 19,306 people were sampled.

In total, the government has examined 2,338,865 specimens from 1,353,291 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 cases continues to rise, the government is trying to generate hope by announcing that more Covid-19 patients are recovering.

In one day, there are 2,084 additional patients who are considered cured.

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 Covid-19 patients who have been declared cured and are no longer infected with the corona virus is now 132,055 people.

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KOMPAS.com/NURWAHIDAH Illustration of the corona virus (Covid-19)

However, there is still sad news with the increasing number of Covid-19 patients who have died.

In the period of September 2-3, 2020, an additional 134 patients from Covid-19 died.

This number is the highest record for Covid-19 patients who die in one day.

Meanwhile, the death rate from Covid-19 in Indonesia reached 7,750 people.

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In addition to the positive cases, the government also revealed that there are 84,071 people who are currently suspected of being related to the corona virus.

Currently, Covid-19 cases have been recorded in all provinces, or in 34 provinces stretching from Aceh to Papua.

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

This number exceeds 90 percent of all second tier regions in Indonesia.