The Ministry of Health (Kemenkes) recorded an average of 0.92 weekly confirmed positive COVID-19 agglomeration cases per 100,000 population in South Sumatra, data updated on Tuesday, September 13, 2022. This figure is lower than the national average, which currently stands at 2.96 per 100,000 population/week.
Palembang City ranked first with the highest number of weekly confirmed positive COVID-19 agglomeration cases at 6.04 per 100,000 population/week. The number of weekly confirmed positive COVID-19 agglomeration cases in this city shows improvement with a decrease compared to the previous week, which recorded 6.32 per 100,000 population/week.
Conversely, for Prabumulih City, Ministry of Health data shows a weekly number of confirmed positive COVID-19 agglomeration cases of 2.03 per 100,000 population/week. This figure is higher than the previous week's 1.02 per 100,000 population/week. Next is Banyuasin. This city in South Sumatra province recorded 1.13 weekly confirmed positive COVID-19 agglomeration cases per 100,000 population/week.
Penukal Abab Lematang Ilir and Ogan Ilir follow with recorded weekly confirmed positive COVID-19 agglomeration cases of 1.01 and 0.9 per 100,000 population/week, respectively.
Nationally, the average number of weekly confirmed positive COVID-19 agglomeration cases across the 34 provinces is now showing a decrease compared to the previous week, which was 3.57 per 100,000 population/week.