COVID-19 | The Health Ministry today reported 14,954 new Covid-19 cases, the lowest since July 26.

Sarawak again topped the list with 2,707 new Covid-19 cases.

Meanwhile, Selangor continued to see gradual improvements, inching downwards to the 2,000-range from a peak of 8,792 cases on Aug 6.

Kuala Lumpur and Negeri Sembilan, which previously saw cases of fresh infections in the four digits are now maintaining in the low hundreds.

However, new cases in Johor, Kelantan, Sabah, Penang and Perak remain elevated.

• Patients in ICU: 1,194 [882 confirmed; 312 suspected]
• Intubated: 665 [401 confirmed; 264 suspected]

Death statistics will be released tomorrow by 2am.

New cases by states

Sarawak (2,707)
Selangor (2,028)
Johor (1,948)
Kelantan (1,420)
Sabah (1,356)
Penang (1,259)
Perak (1,222)
Kedah (809)
Pahang (705)
Terengganu (671)
Kuala Lumpur (383)
Malacca (207)
Negeri Sembilan (144)
Perlis (76)
Putrajaya (19)
Labuan (0)

Clusters

A total of 1,348 out of 5,282 clusters are still active. This includes the 19 new clusters reported today.

The active clusters are on a downtrend. There are now 92 fewer compared to the 1,440 active clusters a week ago.

From the 19 new clusters reported today, 13 were traced to workplaces while four were community transmissions.

Details of the new clusters are as follows:

Industri Jalan Haji Kamisan
Category: Workplace
State(s): Johor
District(s): Segamat and Batu Pahat
Total infected: 124 out of 342 screened

Industri Sulong Utama Lapan
Category: Workplace
State(s): Johor
District(s): Batu Pahat
Total infected: 19 out of 47 screened

Tanjong Laboh Tiga Setengah
Category: Workplace
State(s): Johor
District(s): Batu Pahat
Total infected: 6 out of 66 screened

Dah Asam Industri Kubang Pasu
Category: Workplace
State(s): Kedah
District(s): Kubang Pasu
Total infected: 30 out of 51 screened

Batu Lapan Lepar
Category: Workplace
State(s): Pahang
District(s): Pekan and Kuantan
Total infected: 46 out of 211 screened

Ladang Endau
Category: Workplace
State(s): Pahang
District(s): Rompin
Total infected: 30 out of 46 screened

Industri Bukit Koman
Category: Workplace
State(s): Pahang
District(s): Raub
Total infected: 20 out of 200 screened

Pasar Tanah Rata
Category: Workplace
State(s): Pahang
District(s): Cameron Highlands
Total infected: 15 out of 60 screened

Industri Rishah 14
Category: Workplace
State(s): Perak
District(s): Kinta
Total infected: 107 out of 325 screened

Pangkor Laut
Category: Workplace
State(s): Perak
District(s): Manjung
Total infected: 59 out of 243 screened

Tapak Bina Jalan Trek
Category: Workplace
State(s): Penang
District(s): Barat Daya
Total infected: 50 out of 120 screened

Jalan Taman Raja
Category: Workplace
State(s): Sarawak
District(s): Miri and Subis
Total infected: 24 out of 151 screened

Jalan Ara
Category: Workplace
State(s): Kuala Lumpur
District(s): Lembah Pantai
Total infected: 14 out of 23 screened

Jalan Sungai Mas
Category: Community
State(s): Johor
District(s): Kota Tinggi
Total infected: 19 out of 89 screened

Bukit Tajau
Category: Community
State(s): Pahang
District(s): Maran and Temerloh
Total infected: 17 out of 37 screened

Kampung Baru Nelayan
Category: Community
State(s): Selangor
District(s): Sabak Bernam
Total infected: 14 out of 46 screened

Kampung Siram Hulu
Category: Community
State(s): Kelantan
District(s): Pasir Mas
Total infected: 8 out of 8 screened

Kampung Selamat 2
Category: Detention Centre
State(s): Penang
District(s): Seberang Perai Utara
Total infected: 37 out of 50 screened

KM19 Jalan Kuching-Serian
Category: High-risk group
State(s): Sarawak
District(s): Kuching
Total infected: 18 out of 94 screened

Source:Malaysiakini

COVID-19 | The Health Ministry’s Github data repository reported a total of 324 Covid-19 fatalities yesterday (Sept 18), bringing the cumulative death toll to 23,067.

The highest recorded total was 592 on Sept 11.

From the newly reported deaths, 21.6 percent or 70 died before they could receive treatment at a hospital.

Selangor recorded the highest number of new deaths at 146, making up 45.06 percent of yesterday’s fatalities.

The remaining deaths were in Johor (54), Penang (25), Kedah (24), Perak (15), Sabah (13), Kelantan (12), Sarawak (11), Malacca (7), Kuala Lumpur (7), Negeri Sembilan (5) and Pahang (5).

No new deaths were reported in Perlis, Terengganu, Labuan and Putrajaya.

A total of 183 out of the 324 reported deaths happened in the last seven days, of which only seven was from yesterday.

The remaining ones were older than a week due to backlog.

An average of 320 Covid-19 deaths was reported daily in the last 30 days. The seven-day average is 378.

As of yesterday, there were 219,359 active Covid-19 cases. This is a reduction of 8.35 percent compared to the 239,351 active infections a week ago.

Previously, the Health Ministry released deaths statistics together with the number of new Covid-19 cases in the evening. This had since changed.

Death statistics are now released the next day by 2am. Malaysiakini reports them in the morning.