COVID-19 Update As Of November 7: 444 New Positive Cases, 587 People Recovered

JAKARTA - The Ministry of Health (Kemenkes) released data on the progress of handling COVID-19. Based on the results of the examination of 219,957 specimens examined, 444 positive confirmed cases were found throughout Indonesia.

"The total accumulation of positive cases since COVID-19 was discovered in Indonesia has reached 4,248,165 people," quoted from Ministry of Health data, Sunday, November 7.

Then, for the addition of recovered cases, the number is above the positive confirmed cases. It was recorded that 587 people were reported to have recovered from COVID-19. With this addition, the cumulative total recovered cases reached 4,093,795 people.

Meanwhile, the number of deaths due to COVID-19 has increased by 11 people. With this addition, the cumulative total of deaths to 143,545 people.

Still referring to data from the Ministry of Health, the province with the highest number of additional positive cases is DKI Jakarta. It was recorded that 117 people tested positive for COVID-19.

West Java Province is also recorded to have a high number of positive confirmed cases. A total of 99 people have been exposed to COVID-19.

Furthermore, Central Java also reported that there were still additional positive cases. It was recorded that 37 people tested positive for COVID-19. Likewise, East Java with 32 cases.

On the other hand, despite contributing the most positive cases, Jakarta also recorded the most recovered cases among other provinces. A total of 112 people have recovered from COVID-19.

The second province with the most recovered cases is West Java with 107 cases. Next, North Sulawesi with 67 cases.

So far, 23 provinces have reported additional cases of less than 10. Some of them are Papua, North Maluku, North Sulawesi, and the Riau Islands.

In fact, there are 5 provinces that reported no positive cases. For example, Jambi, Bengkulu, Gorontalo, West Sulawesi and South Sumatra.

The data shows that the number of specimens that have been examined has reached 48,380,805. In detail, as many as 28,642,162 specimens were examined using real time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), 245,534 specimens using the molecular rapid test (TCM), and 19,493,109 specimens by antigen examination.

"The number of positive results per day with the number of specimens examined (positivity rate) is 0.31 percent," he wrote.

The number of people suspected of being infected with COVID-19 or currently categorized as suspected cases being examined, was recorded at 4,498 people. Currently, 510 districts/cities from 34 provinces have COVID-19 cases.