The Ministry of Health (Kemenkes) recorded an average of 1.08 weekly confirmed positive COVID-19 cases per 100,000 people in West Sumatra, data updated as of Thursday, September 29, 2022. This figure is lower than the national average, which currently stands at 2.2 cases per 100,000 people per week.
Padang Panjang City ranked first with the highest number of weekly confirmed positive COVID-19 cases at 7.1 per 100,000 people per 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 7.1 cases per 100,000 people per week.
Conversely, for Solok City, Ministry of Health data shows a weekly confirmed positive COVID-19 case count of 2.64 per 100,000 people per week. This figure is higher than the previous week, which reported no weekly confirmed positive COVID-19 cases. Next is Padang City. This city in West Sumatra province recorded 2.31 weekly confirmed positive COVID-19 cases per 100,000 people per week.
Dharmasraya and Sawahlunto City followed, recording 1.83 and 1.55 weekly confirmed positive COVID-19 cases per 100,000 people per 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 2.35 cases per 100,000 people per week.