UPDATE: Increase of 4284 Covid-19 cases in Indonesia now 287,008 people

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – Several parties consider that the situation of the Covid-19 pandemic in Indonesia is increasingly worrying due to the increasing number of cases.

In almost seven months since the pandemic occurred, Covid-19 cases are approaching 300,000 cases.

According to data collected by the government as of Wednesday (9/30/2020), there was an addition of 4,284 new cases of Covid-19 in the last 24 hours.

The addition has resulted in the number of Covid-19 cases in Indonesia now rising to 287,008, as of the first patient’s announcement on March 2, 2020.

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

In addition, the public can also access the data through the Covid19.go.id and Kemkes.go.id sites, with to update every afternoon.

The patient recovered and died

Although cases continue to rise, the Government shows hope with the growing number of Covid-19 patients recovering.

In one day, there were 4,510 additional patients who recovered after being infected with the corona virus.

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

Thus, the total number of Covid-19 patients who have recovered has reached 214,947.

However, the government continues to deliver sad news with the addition of Covid-19 patients who have passed away.

In the period from September 29 to 30, 2020, another 139 patients died after being infected with the corona virus.

Therefore, the death rate due to Covid-19 in Indonesia has now reached 10,740 people.

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Apart from active cases, the government also shows that there are currently 132,693 people with suspected status.

Sample data

A total of 4,284 new cases of Covid-19 were discovered after the government examined 45,496 specimens per day.

During that period, 30,940 individuals were sampled for sample examination.

In total, the government has examined 3,321,898 specimens from 1,993,694 people sampled.

With registration, a person can submit to the examination of the sample 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 country’s territory has been affected by the Covid-19 pandemic.