The Task Force for Handling COVID-19 said that until November 20, 2020, 3,940 patients recovered from the COVID-19 disease increased, bringing the total to 410,552 people.
Based on data collected in Jakarta, as of Friday at 12.00 WIB, confirmed positive cases of COVID-19 were also recorded to have increased to 4,792 to a total of 488,310 patients, while the death toll was recorded to have increased by 78 to a total of 15,678 people.
Based on the distribution of the number of cases, West Java recorded the most additional number of recovered patients, namely 1,026 people with 872 positive cases and two deaths.
Then, DKI Jakarta reported 936 new recovered cases with 1240 positive cases and 15 deaths, Central Java 400 people recovered with 509 positive people and seven people died, East Java recorded 316 new recovered cases and the most positive cases were 379 people , with 25 deaths.
Next, Riau recorded 198 recovered cases with 176 people confirmed positive and five people dead, East Kalimantan 166 people recovered with 165 positive people and no death cases, while West Sumatra recorded 120 people recovered with 218 positive cases and three people reported dying from COVID-19.
Furthermore, there are three provinces that reported new cases under 10, and two provinces that today reported no additional cases, namely Gorontalo and Papua.
Then, the COVID-19 Task Force also recorded 63,074 suspect cases in 505 districts / cities spread across 34 provinces throughout Indonesia.
Meanwhile, there were 41,955 specimens examined as of Friday (20/11), using both realtime PCR ("polymerase chain reaction") and molecular rapid test (TCM), bringing the cumulative total specimens to 5,261,426. (Antaranews)