The Ministry of Health (Kemenkes) recorded an average of 5.83 COVID-19 hospitalized patients per 100,000 people per week in West Kalimantan, data updated as of Sunday, March 6, 2022. This figure is lower than the national average, which currently stands at 7.26 patients per 100,000 people per week.
Singkawang City ranked first with the highest hospitalization rate at 18.47 patients per 100,000 people per week. Hospitalization in this city shows no improvement, having increased from 7.3 patients per 100,000 people per week the previous week.
A similar situation occurred in Pontianak City, which recorded 13.35 hospitalized patients per 100,000 people per week. This figure is lower than the previous week's 14.4 patients per 100,000 people per week. Kapuas Hulu follows, recording 4.02 hospitalized patients per 100,000 people per week.
Landak and Melawi follow with hospitalization rates of 3.87 and 3.71 patients per 100,000 people per week, respectively.
Nationally, the average hospitalization rate across the 34 provinces is showing a decrease compared to the previous week's figure of 9.55 patients per 100,000 people per week.