The Spatial Analysis of the 2019 Coronavirus Disease in the City of Ternate in 2023

Abstract

One of the diseases that spreads quickly and can be fatal is Covid-19. The demographic factor is one of numerous factors that may have contributed to the formation of Covid-19. With 15.21 cases per 100,000 people per week in 2022, Ternate City had the highest number of extra confirmed Covid-19 infections in the province of North Maluku. This research is intended to illustrate the distribution of Covid-19 incidence based on population density in Ternate City in 2020-2022 in the form of a map. The method used was descriptive quantitative with a spatial analysis approach using the Quantum Geographic Information System (QGIS) 3.28.1 application. This study used secondary data with population density variables and 3164 cases of Covid-19 confirmation. According to the findings of the spatial study, the distribution of confirmed Covid-19 cases in 2020 will have the highest range of cases which is 268-534 cases, is found in areas with high population density, namely Central Ternate District. In 2021, areas with the highest range of Covid-19 confirmed cases reached 535-801 cases in high population density areas, namely Central Ternate and South Ternate sub-districts. In 2022 the total incidence of Covid-19 in all sub-districts was in the range of 1-267 cases.