The Ministry of Health (Kemenkes) recorded an average of 3.39 weekly confirmed positive Covid-19 cases per 100,000 population in Central Java, data updated as of Saturday, December 10, 2022. This figure is higher than the national average, which currently stands at 3.38 per 100,000 population/week.
Surakarta City ranked first with the highest number of weekly confirmed positive Covid-19 cases at 13.27 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 22.51 per 100,000 population/week.
Conversely, for Tegal City, Ministry of Health data shows the number of weekly confirmed positive Covid-19 cases at eight per 100,000 population/week. This figure is lower than the previous week, which was 13.19 per 100,000 population/week. Next is Magelang City. This city in Central Java province recorded 7.38 weekly confirmed positive Covid-19 cases per 100,000 population/week.
Klaten and Semarang City followed, recording 7.32 and 6.58 weekly confirmed positive Covid-19 cases 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 5.7 per 100,000 population/week.