The Ministry of Health (Kemenkes) recorded an average of 2.91 weekly confirmed positive COVID-19 cases per 100,000 population in South Kalimantan, data updated as of Tuesday, August 30, 2022. This figure is lower than the national average, which currently stands at 4.3 per 100,000 population per week.
Banjarbaru City ranked first with the highest number of weekly confirmed positive COVID-19 cases at 6.43 per 100,000 population per 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 14.64 per 100,000 population per week.
Conversely, for Banjarmasin City, Ministry of Health data shows a weekly number of confirmed positive COVID-19 cases of 5.98 per 100,000 population per week. This figure is lower than the previous week's 11.67 per 100,000 population per week. Next is Tabalong. This city in South Kalimantan province recorded 4.99 weekly confirmed positive COVID-19 cases per 100,000 population per week.
Banjar and Hulu Sungai Tengah follow, recording 4.32 and 4.03 weekly confirmed positive COVID-19 cases per 100,000 population per 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's figure of 4.12 per 100,000 population per week.