The Ministry of Health (Kemenkes) recorded an average of 1.24 weekly confirmed positive COVID-19 cases per 100,000 population in Central Kalimantan, data updated on Monday, October 31, 2022. This figure is lower than the national average, which currently stands at 4.09 cases per 100,000 population/week.
Sukamara is the regency with the highest number of weekly confirmed positive COVID-19 cases, at 4.48 per 100,000 population/week. The number of weekly confirmed positive COVID-19 cases in this regency shows improvement, with a decrease compared to the previous week, which recorded 4.48 cases per 100,000 population/week.
Conversely, for Palangkaraya City, Ministry of Health data shows 3.38 weekly confirmed positive COVID-19 cases per 100,000 population/week. This figure is higher than the previous week, which reported zero weekly confirmed positive COVID-19 cases. Seruyan follows. This regency in Central Kalimantan province recorded 3.24 weekly confirmed positive COVID-19 cases per 100,000 population/week.
Murung Raya and Barito Utara are next, with 1.66 and 1.51 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 currently on an upward trend compared to the previous week, which was only 2.91 cases per 100,000 population/week.