The Ministry of Health (Kemenkes) recorded an average of 0.33 weekly confirmed positive COVID-19 cases in NTT, as of Friday, March 17, 2023. This figure is lower than the national average, which currently stands at 0.33 cases per 100,000 population/week.
Central Sumba is the regency with the highest number of weekly confirmed positive COVID-19 cases, at 2.61 cases per 100,000 population/week. The number of weekly confirmed positive COVID-19 cases in this regency shows no improvement, as it has increased compared to the previous week, which reported zero weekly confirmed positive COVID-19 cases.
The same condition occurs in East Sumba, which recorded 1.85 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 reported zero weekly confirmed positive COVID-19 cases. Kupang City follows. This regency in NTT province recorded 1.04 weekly confirmed positive COVID-19 cases per 100,000 population/week.
Manggarai and Alor are next, with 0.56 and 0.48 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 0.23 cases per 100,000 population/week.