The Ministry of Health (Kemenkes) recorded an average of 1.21 weekly confirmed positive Covid-19 cases per 100,000 population in Papua, data updated as of Thursday, October 27, 2022. This figure is lower than the national average, which currently stands at 3.41 per 100,000 population/week.
Mimika is the regency with the highest number of weekly confirmed positive Covid-19 cases, at 13.53 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 11.27 per 100,000 population/week.
The same condition occurred in Merauke, which recorded 5.46 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 2.1 per 100,000 population/week. Next is Keerom. This regency in Papua province recorded 3.39 weekly confirmed positive Covid-19 cases per 100,000 population/week.
Jayapura City and Yapen Islands follow, with recorded weekly confirmed positive Covid-19 cases of 3.23 and 2.01 per 100,000 population/week, respectively.
Nationally, the average number of weekly confirmed positive Covid-19 cases across the 34 provinces is currently on an upward trend compared to the previous week, which was only 2.52 per 100,000 population/week.