The Ministry of Health (Kemenkes) recorded an average of 0.85 weekly confirmed positive COVID-19 cases per 100,000 population in Bengkulu, data updated as of Wednesday, October 5, 2022. This figure is lower than the national average, which currently stands at 2.11 per 100,000 population/week.
Rejang Lebong is the district with the highest number of weekly confirmed positive COVID-19 cases, at 2.53 per 100,000 population/week. The number of weekly confirmed positive COVID-19 cases in this district shows improvement, with a decrease compared to the previous week, which recorded 2.89 per 100,000 population/week.
Conversely, for Bengkulu Utara, Ministry of Health data shows a weekly confirmed positive COVID-19 case count of 1.94 per 100,000 population/week. This figure is lower than the previous week's 5.48 per 100,000 population/week. Next is Kepahiang. This district in Bengkulu province recorded 1.4 weekly confirmed positive COVID-19 cases per 100,000 population/week.
Bengkulu City and Seluma follow, with recorded weekly confirmed positive COVID-19 cases of 1.06 and 1 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 2.18 per 100,000 population/week.