The Ministry of Health (Kemenkes) recorded an average of 11.25 weekly confirmed positive COVID-19 cases per 100,000 population in East Kalimantan, data updated as of Thursday, August 4, 2022. This figure is higher than the national average, which currently stands at 4.79 per 100,000 population/week.
Bontang City ranked first with the highest number of weekly confirmed positive COVID-19 cases at 52.84 per 100,000 population/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 38.28 per 100,000 population/week.
The same condition occurred in Balikpapan City, which recorded 35.45 weekly confirmed positive COVID-19 cases per 100,000 population/week. In this city, the number of weekly confirmed positive COVID-19 cases is also higher than the previous week, which was only 23.06 per 100,000 population/week. Next is East Kutai. This city in East Kalimantan province recorded 7.5 weekly confirmed positive COVID-19 cases per 100,000 population/week.
Paser and North Penajam Paser follow, recording 5.57 and 5 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 currently on an upward trend compared to the previous week, which was only 4.56 per 100,000 population/week.