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3. Indonesia Records Over 6,700 New Covid-19 Cases

Indonesia has no control over Covid-19 as the transmission of the virus has been going on for more than nine months and the number of positive cases continues to increase.

The Covid-19 National Task Force reported 6,740 new cases of coronavirus in the last 24 hours, bringing the total to 706,837 since the first two cases were announced on March 2.

The data issued by the government also showed the number of patients who have recovered from the Covid-19. As of today, 6,389 patients have recovered. This is the highest number of recovery in a day during the pandemic.

The patients were declared free of the coronavirus after undergoing the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests.

Currently, the total number of recovery reached 576,693 people since the beginning of the pandemic.

Meanwhile, on December 25-26, 147 Covid-19 deaths were reported in the country. This latest number of deaths brings the cumulative number of Covid-19 deaths in Indonesia to 20,994.

Source: https://nasional.kompas.com/read/2020/12/26/15432821/update-bertambah-6740-kini-ada-706837-kasus-covid-19-di-indonesia.