The Ministry of Health (Kemenkes) recorded an average of 0.13 weekly confirmed positive Covid-19 cases per 100,000 population in South Sulawesi, data updated as of Wednesday, March 29, 2023. This figure is lower than the national average, which currently stands at 0.39 per 100,000 population/week.
North Toraja is the regency with the highest number of weekly confirmed positive Covid-19 cases, at 0.83 per 100,000 population/week. The number of weekly confirmed positive Covid-19 cases in this regency has not improved, showing an increase compared to the previous week, which recorded 0.42 per 100,000 population/week.
The same condition occurs in Makassar City, which recorded 0.76 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 0.38 per 100,000 population/week. Soppeng follows next. This regency in South Sulawesi province recorded 0.43 weekly confirmed positive Covid-19 cases per 100,000 population/week.
Luwu Utara and Pangkajene Kepulauan follow with 0.31 and 0.29 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 currently on an upward trend compared to the previous week, which was only 0.33 per 100,000 population/week.