UPDATE: There are now 340,622 Covid-19 cases in Indonesia, up to 3,906 pages in total

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – The government shows that the transmission of the coronavirus until today, Tuesday (10/13/2020) continues to occur in the community.

This can be seen in the growing number of Covid-19 cases, according to the data that arrived until Tuesday at 12.00 WIB.

Government data shows that there have been 3,906 new cases of Covid-19 in the last 24 hours.

This addition brings the number of Covid-19 cases in Indonesia currently to 340,622 people, as of the announcement of the first patient on March 2, 2020.

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This information was revealed by the Covid-19 Management Working Group through data received by journalists on Tuesday afternoon.

The public can also access the data through the Covid19.go.id and Kemkes.go.id sites to update given every afternoon.

The patient recovered and died

Although the number of cases continues to grow, hope is emerging with the increasing number of Covid-19 patients recovering.

In one day, an additional 4,777 Covid-19 patients are known to have recovered and are considered to be no longer infected with the corona virus.

They were declared cured according to the examination method. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) showing negative results for the corona virus.

Thus, the total number of Covid-19 patients who have recovered has reached 263,296 people since the start of the pandemic.

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However, the sad news has returned with an increase in the number of Covid-19 patients who have died.

In the period from October 12 to 13, 2020, 92 patients with Covid-19 died.

Therefore, the death rate from Covid-19 in Indonesia reached 12,027 people.

With this data, there are now 65,299 active cases of Covid-19 in Indonesia. They are patients who are still in independent treatment or isolation.

In addition to the positive cases, there are 153,822 people currently suspected of being related to the transmission of the corona virus.

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Sample data

A total of 3,906 new cases of Covid-19 were discovered after the government examined 50,418 specimens per day.

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

In more detail, there are 500 districts / cities in 34 provinces that registered patients for being infected with the corona virus.

This means that about 97 percent of the territory of Indonesia has been affected by the Covid-19 pandemic.