Covid-19 Update: Indonesia's Positive Cases Top 40,000

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Dewi Elvia Muthiariny

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Laila Afifa

Selasa, 16 Juni 2020 17:06 WIB

Healthcare workers wearing protective gear take a blood sample to test a man for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Bogor, West Java province, Indonesia, April 7, 2020. Indonesia confirmed on Tuesday 247 new coronavirus infections, taking the total to 2,738, said a health ministry official. Achmad Yurianto, the official, reported 12 more deaths, taking the total to 221, while 204 people had recovered. More than 14,300 coronavirus tests have been carried out. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The government’s spokesman for the Covid-19 handling, Achmad Yurianto, reported 1,106 new positive cases on Tuesday, June 16, bringing the total to 40,400.

“So the total hits 40,400 cases,” said Yurianto in today’s press conference broadcasted live via BNPB’s (disaster mitigation agency) Youtube account.

He added that the number of recovered patients rose by 580 to 15,703 today, while the death toll rose by 33 to 2,231.

The number of people under monitoring (ODP), meanwhile, reaches 29,124 people, and the number of patients under monitoring (PDP) hits 13,510 patients.

Yurianto further appealed to the public to start practicing a new normal order by adopting a clean and healthy lifedata-style.

Read: Transition to New Normal; Jakarta COVID-19 Cases Yet to Drop

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