The Ministry of Health (Kemenkes) recorded an average of 1.34 weekly confirmed agglomerate positive Covid-19 cases per 100,000 population in Bengkulu, data updated as of Sunday, September 18, 2022. This figure is lower than the national average, which currently stands at 2.62 per 100,000 population/week.
Rejang Lebong is the regency with the highest number of weekly confirmed agglomerate positive Covid-19 cases, at 5.06 per 100,000 population/week. The number of weekly confirmed agglomerate positive Covid-19 cases in this regency shows no improvement, having increased from 4.34 per 100,000 population/week the previous week.
The same condition is observed in Bengkulu City, which recorded 4.22 weekly confirmed agglomerate positive Covid-19 cases per 100,000 population. This regency also shows a higher number of weekly confirmed agglomerate positive Covid-19 cases compared to the previous week, which was only 0.53 per 100,000 population/week. Bengkulu Tengah follows, recording 1.72 weekly confirmed agglomerate positive Covid-19 cases per 100,000 population.
Kepahiang and Bengkulu Utara are next, with 0.7 and 0.65 weekly confirmed agglomerate positive Covid-19 cases per 100,000 population, respectively.
Nationally, the average number of weekly confirmed agglomerate positive Covid-19 cases across the 34 provinces is showing a decrease compared to the previous week, which was 3.04 per 100,000 population/week.