The Ministry of Health (Kemenkes) recorded an average of 1.56 weekly confirmed positive COVID-19 cases per 100,000 population in West Sumatra, data updated as of Thursday, September 1, 2022. This figure is lower than the national average, which currently stands at 4.02 per 100,000 population/week.
Padang City ranks first with the highest number of weekly confirmed positive COVID-19 cases at 6.82 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 8.52 per 100,000 population/week.
Conversely, for the Mentawai Islands, Ministry of Health data shows a weekly confirmed positive COVID-19 case count of 4.05 per 100,000 population/week. This figure is lower than the previous week's 17.2 per 100,000 population/week. Next is Tanah Datar. This city in West Sumatra province recorded 2.28 weekly confirmed positive COVID-19 cases per 100,000 population/week.
Pariaman City and Bukittinggi City follow with recorded weekly confirmed positive COVID-19 cases of 2.17 and 2.16 per 100,000 population/week, respectively.
Nationally, the average weekly confirmed positive COVID-19 cases across the 34 provinces is now showing a decline compared to the previous week's figure of 4.53 per 100,000 population/week.