The Ministry of Health (Kemenkes) recorded an average of 0.1 deaths per 100,000 people per week in Central Java due to COVID-19, data updated as of Friday, September 16, 2022. This figure is higher than the national average, which currently stands at 0.04 deaths per 100,000 people per week.
Salatiga City ranked first with the highest number of COVID-19 deaths, at 0.5 per 100,000 people per week. The number of COVID-19 deaths in this city shows no improvement, as it increased compared to the previous week, which reported zero COVID-19 deaths.
The same condition occurred in Tegal City, which recorded 0.4 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 people per week. In this city, the number of COVID-19 deaths is also higher than the previous week, which reported zero COVID-19 deaths. Following Tegal is Temanggung. This city in Central Java province recorded 0.38 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 people per week.
Surakarta and Sragen cities followed, recording 0.38 and 0.34 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 people per week, respectively.
Nationally, the average number of COVID-19 deaths across the 34 provinces is now showing a decrease compared to the previous week, which was 0.05 deaths per 100,000 people per week.