The Ministry of Health (Kemenkes) recorded an average of 0.56 weekly confirmed positive Covid-19 cases per 100,000 population in North Sumatra, data updated as of Monday, December 26, 2022. This figure is lower than the national average, which currently stands at 1.32 per 100,000 population/week.
Toba Samosir is the regency with the highest number of weekly confirmed positive Covid-19 cases, at 2.7 per 100,000 population/week. The number of weekly confirmed positive Covid-19 cases in this regency has not improved, showing an increase compared to the previous week, which recorded 1.62 per 100,000 population/week.
The same condition occurred in South Labuhanbatu, which recorded 1.64 weekly confirmed positive Covid-19 cases per 100,000 population/week. In this regency, the number of weekly confirmed positive Covid-19 cases is also higher than the previous week, which was only 0.82 per 100,000 population/week. Dairi follows next. This regency in North Sumatra province recorded 1.4 weekly confirmed positive Covid-19 cases per 100,000 population/week.
Simalungun and Medan City are next, with recorded weekly confirmed positive Covid-19 cases of 1.25 and 1.2 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 2.03 per 100,000 population/week.