The Ministry of Health (Kemenkes) recorded an average of 0.29 weekly confirmed agglomerate positive COVID-19 cases per 100,000 population in East Kalimantan, data updated as of Saturday, March 4, 2023. This figure is higher than the national average, which currently stands at 0.21 per 100,000 population/week.
Balikpapan City ranked first with the highest number of weekly confirmed agglomerate positive COVID-19 cases at 0.77 per 100,000 population/week. The number of weekly confirmed agglomerate positive COVID-19 cases in this city shows improvement with a decrease compared to the previous week, which recorded 0.92 per 100,000 population/week.
Conversely, for Penajam Paser Utara, Ministry of Health data shows a weekly number of confirmed agglomerate positive COVID-19 cases of 0.62 per 100,000 population/week. This figure is lower than the previous week, which was also 0.62 per 100,000 population/week. Next is Bontang City. This city in East Kalimantan province recorded 0.53 weekly confirmed agglomerate positive COVID-19 cases per 100,000 population/week.
Berau and Kutai Timur follow, recording 0.42 and 0.24 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 now showing a decrease compared to the previous week, which was 0.21 per 100,000 population/week.