The Ministry of Health (Kemenkes) recorded an average of 1.35 weekly confirmed positive Covid-19 cases per 100,000 population in Riau, as of Monday, August 1, 2022. This figure is lower than the national average, which currently stands at 4.79 cases per 100,000 population per week.
Pekanbaru City ranked first with the highest number of weekly confirmed positive Covid-19 cases at 8.39 per 100,000 population per week. The number of weekly confirmed positive Covid-19 cases in this city shows no improvement, having increased compared to the previous week, which recorded 2.63 cases per 100,000 population per week.
A similar situation occurred in Bengkalis, which recorded 2.63 weekly confirmed positive Covid-19 cases per 100,000 population per week. In this city, the number of weekly confirmed positive Covid-19 cases is also higher than the previous week, which reported zero weekly confirmed positive Covid-19 cases. Rokan Hulu follows, recording 1.61 weekly confirmed positive Covid-19 cases per 100,000 population per week.
Dumai and Pelalawan cities followed with 1.28 and 0.74 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, which was only 3.37 cases per 100,000 population per week.