The Ministry of Health (Kemenkes) recorded an average of 2.38 weekly confirmed agglomerate positive COVID-19 cases per 100,000 population in West Papua, data updated as of Saturday, October 29, 2022. This figure is lower than the national average, which currently stands at 3.65 cases per 100,000 population per week.
Teluk Bintuni is the regency with the highest number of weekly confirmed agglomerate positive COVID-19 cases, at 8.68 per 100,000 population per week. The number of weekly confirmed agglomerate positive COVID-19 cases in this regency shows improvement, with a decrease compared to the previous week, which recorded 11.57 cases per 100,000 population per week.
Conversely, for Manokwari, Ministry of Health data shows 5.67 weekly confirmed agglomerate positive COVID-19 cases per 100,000 population. This figure is lower than the previous week's 6.81 cases per 100,000 population per week. Next is Sorong. This regency in West Papua province recorded 4.16 weekly confirmed agglomerate positive COVID-19 cases per 100,000 population.
South Manokwari and Fakfak follow, with recorded weekly confirmed agglomerate positive COVID-19 cases of 3.69 and 3.64 per 100,000 population per week, respectively.
Nationally, the average number of weekly confirmed agglomerate positive COVID-19 cases across the 34 provinces is currently on an upward trend compared to the previous week, which was only 2.68 cases per 100,000 population per week.