The Ministry of Health (Kemenkes) recorded an average of 0.36 weekly confirmed positive Covid-19 cases per 100,000 population in West Kalimantan, data updated as of Thursday, February 23, 2023. This figure is higher than the national average, which currently stands at 0.2 per 100,000 population/week.
Pontianak City ranks first with the highest number of weekly confirmed positive Covid-19 cases at 1.04 per 100,000 population/week. The number of weekly confirmed positive Covid-19 cases in this city shows improvement with a decrease compared to the previous week, which recorded 1.33 per 100,000 population/week.
Conversely, for Singkawang City, Ministry of Health data shows a weekly confirmed positive Covid-19 case count of 0.85 per 100,000 population/week. This figure is higher than the previous week, which was only 0.42 per 100,000 population/week. Next is Kayong Utara. This city in West Kalimantan province recorded 0.84 weekly confirmed positive Covid-19 cases per 100,000 population/week.
Mempawah and Landak follow with recorded weekly confirmed positive Covid-19 cases of 0.74 and 0.51 per 100,000 population/week, respectively.
Nationally, the average number of weekly confirmed 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.