The Ministry of Health (Kemenkes) recorded an average of 24.46 weekly confirmed positive COVID-19 cases in Banten, data updated as of Thursday, August 18, 2022. This figure is higher than the national average, which currently stands at 4.43 cases per 100,000 population/week.
South Tangerang City ranks first with the highest number of weekly confirmed positive COVID-19 cases at 105.38 per 100,000 population/week. The number of weekly confirmed positive COVID-19 cases in this city shows improvement with a decrease compared to the previous week, which recorded 122.32 cases per 100,000 population/week.
Conversely, for Tangerang City, Ministry of Health data shows a weekly number of confirmed positive COVID-19 cases of 54.63 per 100,000 population/week. This figure is lower than the previous week's 65.02 cases per 100,000 population/week. Next is Tangerang City in Banten Province, recording 15.59 weekly confirmed positive COVID-19 cases per 100,000 population/week.
Cilegon City and Serang City follow with recorded weekly confirmed positive COVID-19 cases of 10.6 per 100,000 population/week and 4.31 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 5.32 cases per 100,000 population/week.