The Ministry of Health (Kemenkes) recorded an average of 3.81 weekly confirmed positive Covid-19 cases per 100,000 population in Central Java, data updated as of Thursday, August 11, 2022. This figure is lower than the national average, which is currently 5.32 per 100,000 population/week.
Surakarta City ranked first with the highest number of weekly confirmed positive Covid-19 cases at 21.35 per 100,000 population/week. The number of weekly confirmed positive Covid-19 cases in this city has not improved, showing an increase compared to the previous week, which recorded 18.66 per 100,000 population/week.
The same condition occurred in Semarang City, which recorded 16.18 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, which was only 12.99 per 100,000 population/week. Tegal City follows, recording 15.99 weekly confirmed positive Covid-19 cases per 100,000 population/week.
Magelang and Sukoharjo Cities followed with 13.94 and 9.52 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, which was only 5.19 per 100,000 population/week.