The Ministry of Health (Kemenkes) recorded an average of 0.83 weekly confirmed positive Covid-19 cases per 100,000 population in NTT, data updated as of Saturday, September 3, 2022. This figure is lower than the national average, which currently stands at 3.82 per 100,000 population/week.
Kupang City ranks first with the highest number of weekly confirmed positive Covid-19 cases at 7.45 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 1.7 per 100,000 population/week.
A similar situation occurred in Belu, which recorded 3.05 weekly confirmed positive Covid-19 cases per 100,000 population/week. This figure is lower than the previous week's 3.48 per 100,000 population/week. Next is Sikka. This city in NTT province recorded 1.54 weekly confirmed positive Covid-19 cases per 100,000 population/week.
South West Sumba and Lembata follow, recording 1.37 and 1.32 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 4.62 per 100,000 population/week.