The Ministry of Health (Kemenkes) recorded an average of 2.24 weekly confirmed agglomerate positive COVID-19 cases per 100,000 population in West Papua, data updated as of Tuesday, January 3, 2023. This figure is higher than the national average, which currently stands at 0.71 per 100,000 population/week.
Sorong is the regency with the highest number of weekly confirmed agglomerate positive COVID-19 cases, at 13.23 per 100,000 population/week. The number of weekly confirmed agglomerate positive COVID-19 cases in this regency shows no improvement, having increased compared to the previous week, which recorded 2.08 per 100,000 population/week.
The same condition occurred in Teluk Wondama, which recorded 5.61 weekly confirmed agglomerate positive COVID-19 cases per 100,000 population/week. In this regency, the number of weekly confirmed agglomerate positive COVID-19 cases is also higher than the previous week, which was only 2.87 per 100,000 population/week. Next is Fakfak. This regency in West Papua Province recorded 2.39 weekly confirmed agglomerate positive COVID-19 cases per 100,000 population/week.
Maybrat and South Sorong follow, with recorded weekly confirmed agglomerate positive COVID-19 cases of 2.22 and 1.93 per 100,000 population/week, respectively.
Nationally, the average number of weekly confirmed agglomerate positive COVID-19 cases across the 34 provinces is now showing a decrease compared to the previous week, which was 1.3 per 100,000 population/week.