The Ministry of Health (Kemenkes) recorded an average of 1.6 weekly confirmed positive Covid-19 cases per 100,000 population in West Sumatra, data updated as of Sunday, November 20, 2022. This figure is lower than the national average, which currently stands at 7.99 cases per 100,000 population per week.
Padang Panjang City ranked first with the highest number of weekly confirmed positive Covid-19 cases at 5.32 per 100,000 population 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 8.87 cases per 100,000 population per week.
Conversely, for Padang City, Ministry of Health data shows a weekly number of confirmed positive Covid-19 cases of 4.51 per 100,000 population per week. This figure is higher than the previous week's 3.21 cases per 100,000 population per week. Next is Tanah Datar. This city in West Sumatra province recorded 3.14 weekly confirmed positive Covid-19 cases per 100,000 population per week.
Payakumbuh and Dharmasraya cities follow, recording 2.79 and 2.2 weekly confirmed positive Covid-19 cases per 100,000 population per 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's figure of 7.32 cases per 100,000 population per week.