The Ministry of Health (Kemenkes) recorded an average of 3.7 weekly confirmed positive COVID-19 cases per 100,000 population in Central Kalimantan, data updated as of Thursday, July 21, 2022. This figure is higher than the national average, which currently stands at 3.46 per 100,000 population/week.
Palangkaraya City ranked first with the highest number of weekly confirmed positive COVID-19 cases at 31.78 per 100,000 population/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 10.48 per 100,000 population/week.
A similar situation occurred in Katingan, which recorded 5.64 weekly confirmed positive COVID-19 cases per 100,000 population/week. In this city, the number of weekly confirmed positive COVID-19 cases is also higher than the previous week's 1.13 per 100,000 population/week. Kapuas follows, recording 4.09 weekly confirmed positive COVID-19 cases per 100,000 population/week.
Barito Timur and Gunung Mas follow with 3.9 and 1.68 weekly confirmed positive COVID-19 cases 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's figure of 2.2 per 100,000 population/week.