The Ministry of Health (Kemenkes) recorded an average of 0.57 weekly confirmed positive COVID-19 cases per 100,000 population in Central Kalimantan, data updated as of Thursday, January 19, 2023. This figure is higher than the national average, which currently stands at 0.45 per 100,000 population/week.
Palangkaraya City ranked first with the highest number of weekly confirmed positive COVID-19 cases at 2.33 per 100,000 population/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 2.33 per 100,000 population/week.
Conversely, for Pulang Pisau, Ministry of Health data shows a weekly confirmed positive COVID-19 case count of 1.55 per 100,000 population/week. This figure is lower than the previous week, which was also 1.55 per 100,000 population/week. Next is Barito Selatan. This city in Central Kalimantan province recorded 1.41 weekly confirmed positive COVID-19 cases per 100,000 population/week.
Kotawaringin Timur and Barito Utara follow, recording 0.85 and 0.75 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, which was 0.55 per 100,000 population/week.