Editor: Lia Sisvita Dinatri
TRIBUNBATAM.id - The government has again updated the data on Covid-19 cases in Indonesia.
Based on data in the last 24 hours until today, Thursday (20/8/2020) at 12.00 WIB, the number of cases nationally has continued to increase since the first patient infected with the coronavirus was announced on March 2, 2020.
The number of positive cases was confirmed based on examination by the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) method.
The following are the numbers of Covid-19 cases to date for the provinces of Aceh, North Sumatra, West Sumatra, Riau, Riau Islands, Jambi and Bengkulu:
Aceh
Positive: 1137
Cured: 191
Died: 28
North Sumatra
Positive: 5957
Cured: 2914
Died: 268
• UPDATE August 20: Increase by 2,266, Covid-19 Cases in Indonesia Now 147,211
West Sumatra
Positive: 1483
Cured: 957
Died: 45
Riau
Positive: 1097
Cured: 695
Died: 17
Riau Islands
Positive: 680
Cured: 401
Died: 29