The Ministry of Health (Kemenkes) recorded an average of 1.16 weekly confirmed positive Covid-19 cases per 100,000 population in Central Sulawesi, data updated as of Monday, August 22, 2022. This figure is lower than the national average, which currently stands at 4.2 per 100,000 population/week.
Kepulauan Banggai is the regency with the highest number of weekly confirmed positive Covid-19 cases, at 3.34 per 100,000 population/week. The number of weekly confirmed positive Covid-19 cases in this regency shows no improvement, as it has increased compared to the previous week, which reported zero weekly confirmed positive Covid-19 cases.
The same condition occurs in Palu City, which recorded 3.21 weekly confirmed positive Covid-19 cases per 100,000 population/week. In this regency, the number of weekly confirmed positive Covid-19 cases is also higher than the previous week, which was only 0.25 per 100,000 population/week. Next is Morowali Regency. This regency in Central Sulawesi Province recorded 3.16 weekly confirmed positive Covid-19 cases per 100,000 population/week.
Sigi and Toli Toli follow with 2.87 and 0.83 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 5.14 per 100,000 population/week.