The Ministry of Health (Kemenkes) recorded an average of 0.69 weekly confirmed positive Covid-19 cases per 100,000 population in South Sulawesi, data updated as of Wednesday, August 31, 2022. This figure is lower than the national average, which currently stands at 4.17 per 100,000 population/week.
North Toraja is the regency with the highest number of weekly confirmed positive Covid-19 cases, at 4.18 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 4.18 per 100,000 population/week.
Conversely, for Makassar City, Ministry of Health data shows a weekly number of confirmed positive Covid-19 cases of 2.74 per 100,000 population/week. This figure is lower than the previous week's 2.93 per 100,000 population/week. Next is Tana Toraja. This regency in South Sulawesi province recorded 1.66 weekly confirmed positive Covid-19 cases per 100,000 population/week.
Kepulauan Selayar and Takalar follow, with recorded weekly confirmed positive Covid-19 cases of 1.46 and 1.33 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 4.22 per 100,000 population/week.