UPDATE: There are now 232,628 Covid-19 cases in Indonesia, up to 3,635 pages in total

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – The government declared that the corona virus was still transmitted in the community a day after Indonesia recorded the highest record of new cases yesterday.

Today, Thursday (9/17/2020), the number of Covid-19 cases in Indonesia has increased again with a high number of new patients, more than 3,000 people.

According to data from Thursday at 12.00 WIB, it is known that there have been 3,635 new cases of Covid-19 in the last 24 hours.

The addition has brought the number of Covid-19 cases in Indonesia now to 232,628 people, following the announcement that the first patient was infected with the corona virus 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 data can also be accessed through the Covid19.go.id website, and to update done every afternoon.

Sample data

A total of 3,635 new cases of Covid-19 were discovered after the government examined 41,804 specimens per day.

This number exceeds the target set by President Joko Widodo, which is 30,000 copies per day.

During that period, 29,555 people were sampled for sample examination.

In total, the government has examined 2,796,924 specimens against 1,652,324 people sampled.

With registration, a person can submit to the sample examination more than once.

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The patient recovered and died

Although the number of Covid-19 cases is increasing, the government is trying to provide hope by conveying that more and more Covid-19 patients are recovering.

In one day, there are 2,585 additional Covid-19 patients who recover and are considered to be 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 patients who recovered from Covid-19 reached 166,686 people.

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

In the period from September 16 to 17, 2020, 122 more patients died after becoming infected with the corona virus.

Thus, the Covid-19 death rate in Indonesia reached 9,222 people.

In addition to the positive cases, the government also announced that 103,209 people remained under suspicion.

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

In more detail, there are 493 districts / cities in 34 provinces that have been affected by the corona virus infection.