COVID-19 | The Health Ministry today reported 9,066 new Covid-19 cases, bringing cumulative infections to 2,277,565.

The number of fresh infections today is the lowest in 83 days, since July 12 when the number of new cases was 8,574.

It is the first time in almost three months that fewer than 10,000 cases were registered.

The figures were also the lowest in Johor, Penang, Kelantan, and Perak for around the past two months.

It should be noted that figures for Sunday and Monday might be lower due to slower reporting over the weekend

The fresh infections today comprised 8,496 Malaysians (93.7 percent) and 570 non-citizens (6.3 percent).

They were surpassed by a total of 14,454 Covid-19 patients who recovered today. This is expected to help reduce the number of active cases.

• Patients in ICU: 835 (815 confirmed; 20 suspected)
• Intubated: 535 (355 confirmed; 180 probable)

As of today, the number of Covid-19 patients (including suspected ones) in the intensive care unit (ICU) is 20.6 percent lower compared to a week ago.

Those who require intubation have also declined by 7.8 percent from a week ago.

Peninsular Malaysia made up 6,881 of the new cases or 75.9 percent while East Malaysia contributed to 2,185 of the fresh infections or 24.1 percent.

In Peninsular Malaysia, the Klang Valley was responsible for 1,225 or 17.8 percent of the new infections while the remaining 5,656 cases or 82.2 percent came from outside the Klang Valley.

Today’s active cases and reported deaths will only be released after midnight. For yesterday’s figures, click here.

New cases by states

Sarawak (1,418)
Selangor (1,000)
Johor (981)
Terengganu (827)
Kelantan (796)
Sabah (767)
Kedah (670)
Perak (669)
Pahang (630)
Penang (620)
Malacca (206)
Kuala Lumpur (201)
Negeri Sembilan (191)
Perlis (66)
Putrajaya (24)
Labuan (0)

Clusters

To date, 1,008 Covid-19 clusters are still active, including six new clusters reported today.

The ongoing clusters have fallen by 14.9 percent from the 1,185 active clusters a week ago.

The six new clusters today comprised three community clusters (50 percent) and three workplace clusters (50 percent).

Kampung Pos Kelang
Category: Community
States: Pahang
District(s): Raub
Initial tests: 25 out of 143 infected (17.5 percent)

Taman Desa Wira
Category: Community
States: Kelantan
District(s): Kota Bharu and Pasir Mas
Initial tests: 15 out of 15 infected (100.0 percent)

Parit Bengkok Tangkak
Category: Community
States: Johor
District(s): Tangkak
Initial tests: 12 out of 18 infected (66.7 percent)

Sawit Bera Selatan
Category: Workplace
States: Pahang
District(s): Bera
Initial tests: 49 out of 289 infected (17.0 percent)

Batu 11 Bukit Pasir
Category: Workplace
States: Johor
District(s): Muar
Initial tests: 25 out of 124 infected (20.2 percent)

Jalan Seneng
Category: Workplace
States: Kelantan
District(s): Bachok
Initial tests: 14 out of 22 infected (63.6 percent)

Source：Malaysiakini

COVID-19 | The Health Ministry’s Github data repository reported a total of 109 Covid-19 fatalities yesterday (Oct 2), bringing the cumulative death toll to 26,565.

This is the lowest number of reported deaths in 69 days.

From the newly reported deaths yesterday, 30.3 percent or 33 died before they could receive treatment at a hospital.

Penang recorded the highest number of new deaths at 18, making up 16.5 percent of the newly reported fatalities.

The remaining deaths were in Sabah (13), Selangor (13), Johor (11), Perak (10), Sarawak (9), Terengganu (9), Kedah (8), Kelantan (5), Pahang (4), Kuala Lumpur (4), Perlis (3), Malacca (1), and Negeri Sembilan (1).

No new deaths were reported in Labuan and Putrajaya.

A total of 89 out of the 109 reported deaths or 81.7 percent happened in the last seven days.

The remaining deaths happened more than a week ago but were only recorded yesterday due to delays in data reporting.

Compared to an average of 312 Covid-19 deaths in the last 30 days, there was an average of 201 deaths in the last seven days, indicating a downtrend.

As of yesterday, there were 155,823 active Covid-19 cases. This is a reduction of 18.6 percent from the 191,434 active infections a week ago.

Compared to 30 days ago, the number of active cases has fallen by 40.6 percent from 262,543.

The Health Ministry’s post-midnight update also provided further insights into the new Covid-19 infections yesterday.

From the 10,915 new cases yesterday, 656 could be traced to ongoing Covid-19 clusters.

From the cluster-linked cases, 380 (57.9 percent) were from workplaces while 194 (29.6 percent) were from community transmissions.

Another 79 (12.0 percent) were from clusters linked to high-risk groups such as old folks’ homes.

The remaining cases (2 – 0.3 percent) were traced to clusters related to detention centres and education institutions (1 – 0.2 percent).

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

Deaths statistics are now released after midnight along with other more detailed data. Malaysiakini reports them in the morning.

Source:Malaysiakini

COVID-19 | The Health Ministry today reported 10,915 new Covid-19 cases, bringing the cumulative infections to 2,268,499.

The fresh infections today is the lowest in 76 days, since July 18.

In Peninsular Malaysia, the Klang Valley was responsible for 1,583 or 19.8 percent of the new infections while the remaining 6,423 cases or 80.2 percent came from the rest of the peninsular states.

Sarawak topped the chart with 2,121 fresh infections.

However, it is the lowest number of fresh infections for Sarawak in nine days.

The number of recoveries today, 15,396, outpaced that of new cases.

• Patients in ICU: 888 (832 confirmed; 56 suspected)
• Intubated: 484 (354 confirmed; 130 probable)

Today’s active cases and reported deaths will only be released after midnight. For yesterday’s figures, click here.

New cases by states

Sarawak (2,121)
Selangor (1,386)
Kelantan (1,288)
Johor (1,124)
Perak (862)
Terengganu (818)
Sabah (784)
Penang (768)
Kedah (574)
Pahang (504)
Malacca (216)
Negeri Sembilan (211)
Kuala Lumpur (171)
Perlis (58)
Putrajaya (26)
Labuan (4)

Clusters

To date, 1,044 Covid-19 clusters are still active, including 10 new clusters reported today.

The ongoing clusters have fallen by 14.0 percent from the 1,214 active clusters a week ago.

The 10 new clusters today comprised four community clusters (40.0 percent), four workplace clusters (40.0 percent) and two high-risk group clusters (20.0 percent).

Kampung Topeng
Category: Community
States: Kelantan
District(s): Pasir Mas
Initial tests: 5 out of 5 infected (100 percent)

Kampung Panji
Category: Community
States: Kelantan
District(s): Kota Bharu
Initial tests: 16 out of 23 infected (69.6 percent)

Kampung Kebor Besar
Category: Community
States: Terengganu
District(s): Kuala Terengganu and Kuala Nerus
Initial tests: 91 out of 166 infected (54.8 percent)

Sepangah
Category: Community
States: Sarawak
District(s): Limbang
Initial tests: 28 out of 183 infected (15.3 percent)

Tapak Bina Sri Austin
Category: Workplace
States: Johor
District(s): Johor Bahru
Initial tests: 59 out of 82 infected (72 percent)

Industri Rimba Pontian
Category: Workplace
States: Johor
District(s): Pontian
Initial tests: 24 out of 306 infected (7.8 percent)

Sekakap Mersing
Category: Workplace
States: Johor
District(s): Mersing
Initial tests: 25 out of 43 infected (58.1 percent)

Jalan Taman Titiwangsa
Category: Workplace
States: Kelantan
District(s): Gua Musang
Initial tests: 11 out of 18 infected (61.1 percent)

Jalan Haji Mohd Noordin
Category: High-risk group
States: Perak
District(s): Kinta
Initial tests: 24 out of 48 infected (50 percent)

KM18 Jalan Kuantan-Pekan
Category: High-risk group
States: Pahang
District(s): Kuantan
Initial tests: 50 out of 67 infected (74.6 percent)

Source:Malaysiakini