The Ministry of Health (Kemenkes) recorded an average of 0.28 weekly confirmed positive Covid-19 cases per 100,000 people in East Java, as of Saturday, March 11, 2023. This figure is higher than the national average, which currently stands at 0.25 per 100,000 people per week.
Surabaya City ranks first with the highest number of weekly confirmed positive Covid-19 cases at 2.08 per 100,000 people per 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 1.97 per 100,000 people per week.
The same condition occurred in Batu City, which recorded 0.93 weekly confirmed positive Covid-19 cases per 100,000 people. In this city, the number of weekly confirmed positive Covid-19 cases is also higher than the previous week, which was only 0.47 per 100,000 people per week. Malang City follows, recording 0.9 weekly confirmed positive Covid-19 cases per 100,000 people.
Madiun and Nganjuk are next, recording 0.73 and 0.56 weekly confirmed positive Covid-19 cases per 100,000 people, 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, which was only 0.22 per 100,000 people per week.