The Ministry of Health (Kemenkes) recorded an average of 0.36 weekly confirmed positive Covid-19 cases per 100,000 population in West Nusa Tenggara (NTB), data updated as of Thursday, October 20, 2022. This figure is lower than the national average, which currently stands at 2.52 per 100,000 population/week.
Mataram City ranked first with the highest number of weekly confirmed positive Covid-19 cases at 1.52 per 100,000 population/week. The number of weekly confirmed positive Covid-19 cases in this city has not improved, showing an increase compared to the previous week, which recorded 1.14 per 100,000 population/week.
A similar situation occurred in Bima City, which recorded 1.07 weekly confirmed positive Covid-19 cases per 100,000 population. This figure is lower than the previous week's 1.07 per 100,000 population/week. North Lombok followed, recording 0.43 weekly confirmed positive Covid-19 cases per 100,000 population.
Sumbawa and Central Lombok followed with 0.21 and 0.2 weekly confirmed positive Covid-19 cases per 100,000 population, respectively.
Nationally, the average number of weekly confirmed positive Covid-19 cases across the 34 provinces is currently on an upward trend compared to the previous week's figure of 2.02 per 100,000 population/week.