The Ministry of Health (Kemenkes) recorded an average of 4.81 weekly confirmed agglomerate positive COVID-19 cases per 100,000 population in East Kalimantan, data updated as of Saturday, October 15, 2022. This figure is higher than the national average, which currently stands at 2.1 per 100,000 population/week.
Balikpapan City ranked first with the highest number of weekly confirmed agglomerate positive COVID-19 cases at 10.53 per 100,000 population/week. The number of weekly confirmed agglomerate positive COVID-19 cases in this city shows no improvement, having increased compared to the previous week, which recorded 8.82 per 100,000 population/week.
The same condition occurred in Mahakam Ulu, which recorded 7.46 weekly confirmed agglomerate positive COVID-19 cases per 100,000 population/week. In this city, the number of weekly confirmed agglomerate positive COVID-19 cases is also higher than the previous week, which reported zero weekly confirmed agglomerate positive COVID-19 cases. Penajam Paser Utara follows, recording 5.62 weekly confirmed agglomerate positive COVID-19 cases per 100,000 population/week.
Paser and Berau are next, with 4.87 and 3.8 weekly confirmed agglomerate positive COVID-19 cases per 100,000 population/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 per 100,000 population/week.