The Ministry of Health (Kemenkes) recorded an average of 3.21 weekly confirmed positive Covid-19 cases per 100,000 population in East Java, data updated as of Friday, September 23, 2022. This figure is higher than the national average, which currently stands at 2.41 per 100,000 population/week.
Surabaya City ranks first with the highest number of weekly confirmed positive Covid-19 cases at 24.08 per 100,000 population/week. The number of weekly confirmed positive Covid-19 cases in this city shows improvement with a decrease compared to the previous week, which recorded 28.89 per 100,000 population/week.
Conversely, for Madiun City, Ministry of Health data shows a weekly number of confirmed positive Covid-19 cases of 12.34 per 100,000 population/week. This figure is lower than the previous week's 16.26 per 100,000 population/week. Next is Batu City. This city in East Java province recorded 9.86 weekly confirmed positive Covid-19 cases per 100,000 population/week.
Malang City and Kediri City follow with recorded weekly confirmed positive Covid-19 cases of 8.25 per 100,000 population/week and 6.49 per 100,000 population/week, respectively.
Nationally, the average number of weekly confirmed positive Covid-19 cases across the 34 provinces is now showing a decrease compared to the previous week, which was 2.76 per 100,000 population/week.