COVID-19 | The Health Ministry today reported 9,890 new Covid-19 cases.

Perlis reported a record number with 200 infections. The state has been relatively unaffected by Covid-19 until August when new daily cases were being reported in the double digits.

Elsewhere, new cases and hospitalisation of Covid-19 patients are generally trending down, except in Sarawak where Covid-19 bed use is trending up.

As of the latest available data yesterday, all states had reported an R_t of less than 1.00, which indicated that the outbreak was shrinking all across Malaysia.

Negeri Sembilan had the highest R_t of 0.99, followed by Malacca (0.97) and Perlis (0.96). The national average was 0.86.

• Patients in ICU: 827 (782 confirmed; 45 suspected)
• Intubated: 445 (336 confirmed; 109 probable)

For today, the number of Covid-19 patients (including suspected ones) in the intensive care unit (ICU) is 10.5 percent lower compared to a week ago.

Those who require intubation have also declined by 12.7 percent from a week ago.

Cases by state

Sarawak (1,413)
Selangor (1,402)
Kelantan (1,032)
Johor (993)
Sabah (820)
Perak (794)
Penang (721)
Terengganu (699)
Pahang (564)
Kedah (503)
Malacca (260)
Kuala Lumpur (250)
Perlis (200)
Negeri Sembilan (180)
Putrajaya (59)
Labuan (0)

Clusters

To date, 911 Covid-19 clusters are still active, including 13 new clusters reported today. Overall, active cluster account for 697 (7.0 percent) of today’s cases.

The ongoing clusters have fallen by 16.3 percent from the 1,088 active clusters a week ago.

The 13 new clusters today comprised eight workplace clusters (61.5 percent), three community clusters (23.1 percent) and two non-education ministry institution clusters (15.4 percent).

Details of the new cluster are as follows:

Industri PLO Parit Raja
Category: Workplace
States: Johor
District(s): Batu Pahat
Initial tests: 20 out of 34 infected (58.8 percent)

Jalan Yahya Kota Tinggi
Category: Workplace
States: Johor
District(s): Kota Tinggi
Initial tests: 8 out of 35 infected (22.9 percent)

Industri Tun Abdul Majid
Category: Workplace
States: Johor
District(s): Kota Tinggi
Initial tests: 8 out of 49 infected (16.3 percent)

Kampung Bukit Bunga
Category: Workplace
States: Kelantan
District(s): Tanah Merah and Pasir Mas
Initial tests: 15 out of 15 infected (100.0 percent)

Jalan Banggol Setol
Category: Workplace
States: Kelantan
District(s): Pasir Mas
Initial tests: 8 out of 38 infected (21.1 percent)

Industri Jalan Senawang Tiga 2
Category: Workplace
States: Negeri Sembilan
District(s): Seremban and Rembau
Initial tests: 37 out of 575 infected (6.4 percent)

Permatang Nibong Tebal
Category: Workplace
States: Penang
District(s): Seberang Perai Selatan
Initial tests: 38 out of 224 infected (17.0 percent)

Industri Jalan Enggang Batu 9
Category: Workplace
States: Selangor
District(s): Kuala Langat
Initial tests: 19 out of 28 infected (67.9 percent)

Paya Sendayan
Category: Community
States: Pahang
District(s): Temerloh
Initial tests: 17 out of 23 infected (73.9 percent)

Kampung Pantos
Category: Community
States: Pahang
District(s): Lipis
Initial tests: 17 out of 144 infected (11.8 percent)

Jalan Terus
Category: Community
States: Johor
District(s): Mersing
Initial tests: 13 out of 35 infected (37.1 percent)

Lubok Tapah
Category: Non-Education Ministry institution
States: Kelantan
District(s): Pasir Mas
Initial tests: 10 out of 10 infected (100.0 percent)

Dah Taman Ihsan
Category: Non-Education Ministry institution
States: Kedah
District(s): Kulim, Kuala Muda, and Baling
Initial tests: 33 out of 201 infected (16.4 percent)

Source:Malaysiakini