The Ministry of Health (Kemenkes) recorded an average of 4.05 weekly confirmed positive COVID-19 agglomeration cases per 100,000 population in East Java, data updated as of Sunday, September 18, 2022. This figure is higher than the national average, which currently stands at 2.62 per 100,000 population/week.
Madiun City ranked first with the highest number of weekly confirmed positive COVID-19 agglomeration cases at 15.14 per 100,000 population/week. The number of weekly confirmed positive COVID-19 agglomeration cases in this city shows improvement with a decrease compared to the previous week, which recorded 35.89 per 100,000 population/week.
Conversely, for Bangkalan, Ministry of Health data shows a weekly confirmed positive COVID-19 agglomeration case count of 10.22 per 100,000 population/week. This figure is lower than the previous week's 12.8 per 100,000 population/week. Next is Gresik. This city in East Java province recorded 10.22 weekly confirmed positive COVID-19 agglomeration cases per 100,000 population/week.
Lamongan and Mojokerto City follow, with recorded weekly confirmed positive COVID-19 agglomeration cases of 10.22 per 100,000 population/week and 10.22 per 100,000 population/week, respectively.
Nationally, the average number of weekly confirmed positive COVID-19 agglomeration cases across the 34 provinces is now showing a decrease compared to the previous week, which was 3.04 per 100,000 population/week.