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Corona Update July 16: 81,668 Positive, 40,345 Recovered, 3,873 Died

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.TV - Positive cases of the corona virus (Covid-19) in Indonesia increased by 1,522 people on Thursday (16/7/2020) bringing the total to 81,668 people.

Government Spokesperson for Handling Covid-19, Achmad Yurianto, said the figures were compiled by the Task Force for the Acceleration of Handling Covid-19 for 24 hours until 12.00 WIB this afternoon.

"The addition we got was 1,574 people, so now the total is 81,668 people," said Yurianto in a press conference at Graha BNPB, Jakarta, Thursday (16/7/2020).

Apart from positive cases, the number of patients who were declared cured increased by 1,574 people, bringing a total of 39,050 patients recovered, while the number of positive patients who died increased by 76 people, bringing the total to 3,797.

The most cases are still in East Java Province. Followed by DKI Jakarta and South Sulawesi.

The government continues to urge the public to suppress the spread of Covid-19 cases, by staying at home, washing hands frequently with soap, maintaining distance when interacting with other people and wearing masks.
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