The Ministry of Health (Kemenkes) recorded an average of 0.02 deaths per 100,000 people per week due to COVID-19 in West Java, data updated as of Sunday, December 25, 2022. This figure is lower than the national average, which currently stands at 0.04 deaths per 100,000 people per week.
Tasikmalaya City ranked first with the highest number of COVID-19 deaths, at 0.15 per 100,000 people per week. The number of COVID-19 deaths in this city shows no improvement, as it increased compared to the previous week, which reported zero COVID-19 deaths.
The same condition occurred in Purwakarta, which recorded 0.1 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 people per week. In this city, the number of COVID-19 deaths is also higher than the previous week, which reported zero COVID-19 deaths. Ciamis follows, recording 0.08 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 people per week.
Sumedang and Tasikmalaya are next, with 0.08 and 0.06 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 people per week, respectively.
Nationally, the average number of COVID-19 deaths across the 34 provinces is now showing a decrease compared to the previous week, which was 0.05 deaths per 100,000 people per week.