The Ministry of Health (Kemenkes) recorded an average weekly hospital inpatient use in South Kalimantan of 0.79 patients, data updated as of Thursday, December 15, 2022. This figure is lower than the national average, which currently stands at 1.35 patients per 100,000 population/week.
Tanah Bumbu is the regency with the highest weekly hospital inpatient use, at 2.21 patients per 100,000 population/week. The weekly hospital inpatient use in this regency shows no improvement, having increased compared to the previous week, which recorded 1.23 patients per 100,000 population/week.
The same condition occurs in Kotabaru, which recorded a weekly hospital inpatient use of 0.85 patients per 100,000 population/week. In this regency, weekly hospital inpatient use is also higher than the previous week, which was only 0.28 patients per 100,000 population/week. Next is Banjarmasin City. This regency in South Kalimantan province recorded a weekly hospital inpatient use of 0.83 patients per 100,000 population/week.
Tanah Laut and Tapin follow, with recorded weekly hospital inpatient use of 0.57 patients per 100,000 population/week and 0.51 patients per 100,000 population/week, respectively.
Nationally, the average weekly hospital inpatient use across the 34 provinces is now showing a decrease compared to the previous week, which was 1.97 patients per 100,000 population/week.