The highest increase in confirmed positive Covid-19 cases in Riau Islands currently occurs in Batam City, with seven cases per 100,000 population per week as of Sunday, January 16, 2022. This figure is four times higher than the case count in the next highest area.
However, despite being the highest, the Covid-19 transmission rate in Batam City has decreased compared to the previous week, which recorded 21.28 cases per 100,000 population per week.
Tanjung Pinang City is next in second place, recording a weekly confirmation rate of 1.81 cases per 100,000 population. Compared to the previous week, the number of confirmed Covid-19 cases this week is still higher, meaning no improvement is yet evident.
Meanwhile, for other regencies, most did not report a weekly increase in confirmed positive Covid-19 cases, recording zero cases yesterday.
Other information from today's daily Covid-19 data statistics is that 158 regencies/cities in Indonesia recorded a higher increase compared to the previous week, and 105 other regencies/cities recorded a lower weekly confirmation rate than the previous week.
Furthermore, 284 regencies/cities in Indonesia currently report no confirmed Covid-19 cases per 100,000 population per week.