The Ministry of Health (Kemenkes) recorded an average of 4.58 weekly confirmed positive Covid-19 cases in Bangka Belitung Islands Province, data updated on Tuesday, August 16, 2022. This figure is lower than the national average, which currently stands at 4.97 cases per 100,000 population/week.
Pangkal Pinang City ranked first with the highest number of weekly confirmed positive Covid-19 cases at 15.33 per 100,000 population/week. The number of weekly confirmed positive Covid-19 cases in this city has not improved, showing an increase compared to the previous week, which recorded 10.69 cases per 100,000 population/week.
A similar situation occurred in Belitung, which recorded 13.54 weekly confirmed positive Covid-19 cases per 100,000 population/week. In this city, the number of weekly confirmed positive Covid-19 cases is also higher than the previous week's 5.21 cases per 100,000 population/week. Next is Bangka. This city in Bangka Belitung Islands Province recorded 1.46 weekly confirmed positive Covid-19 cases per 100,000 population/week.
East Belitung and Central Bangka follow, recording 0.76 and 0.5 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's figure of 5.39 cases per 100,000 population/week.