Latest Update Regarding Corona Virus in Indonesia (13 November 2020)

The number of patients confirmed positive for Covid-19 in Indonesia again increased by 4,173 people on Thursday (12/11/2020) at 12.00 WIB.

The Covid-19 Handling Task Force announced that thousands of people infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes covid-19 have increased accumulative positive cases since the first case to a total of 452,291 people. This additional figure was obtained from the results of examining 42,165 specimens today, so that the total specimens that have been examined since the first case of Covid-19 to date are 4,938,958 specimens.

Of that number, an additional 97 people died, bringing the total to 14,933 people died. Then, there were an additional 3,102 people who recovered, bringing the total to 382,084 others who were declared cured. Meanwhile, the suspected cases have reached 56,868 people. There have been 34 provinces and 505 districts / cities infected with the Covid-19 virus. Yesterday’s data, 448,118 people were positive, 54,300 were in treatment, 378,982 people recovered, and 14,836 people died.

The following is the distribution of the Corona virus based on age in Indonesia:

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In Indonesia, more than half of the patients (data as of November 12, 2020) are male. (male: 50.65%, female: 49.35%, unannounced 0.00%)

Sources: covid19.go.id; corona.jakarta.go.id; Kementrian Kesehatan; kompas.com; kumparan.com