The Ministry of Health (Kemenkes) recorded an average of 0.78 weekly confirmed positive Covid-19 cases per 100,000 population in North Sumatra, data updated on Tuesday, October 25, 2022. This figure is lower than the national average, which currently stands at 3.16 cases per 100,000 population per week.
Medan City ranks first with the highest number of weekly confirmed positive Covid-19 cases at 6.09 per 100,000 population per 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 4.59 cases per 100,000 population per week.
The same condition occurred in Tebing Tinggi City, which recorded 4.1 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 was only 3.51 cases per 100,000 population per week. Next is Pematangsiantar City. This city in North Sumatra Province recorded 1.92 weekly confirmed positive Covid-19 cases per 100,000 population per week.
Serdang Bedagai and Deli Serdang follow, recording 1.78 and 1.77 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 2.27 cases per 100,000 population per week.