COVID-19 | The Health Ministry today reported 7,950 new Covid-19 cases today, bringing the cumulative infections to 2,361,529.

They were surpassed by a total of 10,832 Covid-19 patients who recovered today. This is expected to help reduce the number of active cases.

• · Patients in ICU: 725
• · Intubated: 380

As of today, the number of Covid-19 patients (including suspected ones) in the intensive care unit (ICU) is 14.0 percent lower compared to a week ago.

Those who require intubation have also declined by 14.0 percent from a week ago.

Beginning Oct 9, the Health Ministry will only publish today’s breakdown of new cases by states after midnight on its CovidNow portal.

The breakdown by states for yesterday (Oct 12), where 7,276 new cases were reported, is as follow:

Selangor (1,302)
Kelantan (1,028)
Sarawak (834)
Sabah (707)
Johor (665)
Kedah (517)
Terengganu (420)
Penang (406)
Pahang (384)
Perak (336)
Kuala Lumpur (253)
Malacca (195)
Negeri Sembilan (138)
Perlis (57)
Putrajaya (32)
Labuan (2)

As of yesterday, the R-naught for the country is 0.88. A R-naught of less than 1.00 is good because it suggests that the spread of Covid-19 was decelerating.

The only regions where the R-naught was above 1.00 are Putrajaya, Negeri Sembilan and Perlis.

However, hospital bed use by Covid-19 patients is generally trending down over the past months, except in Sarawak. [See chart below]

Clusters

To date, 762 Covid-19 clusters are still active, including 13 new clusters reported today.

The ongoing clusters have fallen by 18.2 percent from the 932 active clusters a week ago.

The 13 new clusters today comprised six workplace clusters (46.2 percent), three community clusters (23.1 percent), one private educational institution (7.7 percent), one non-education ministry institution (7.7 percent), one high-risk group cluster (7.7 percent) and one detention centre cluster (7.7 percent).

Industri Jalan Zurah Lima
Category: Workplace
States: Selangor
District(s): Hulu Selangor
Initial tests: 42 out of 100 infected (42.0 percent)

Industri Jalan Sembilan Olak Lempit
Category: Workplace
States: Selangor
District(s): Kuala Langat
Initial tests: 31 out of 65 infected (47.7 percent)

Tapak Bina Persiaran Bukit Raja 2
Category: Workplace
States: Selangor
District(s): Klang and Petaling
Initial tests: 28 out of 450 infected (6.2 percent)

Jalan Haji Taib Salak
Category: Workplace
States: Selangor
District(s): Sepang
Initial tests: 10 out of 31 infected (32.3 percent)

Industri Jalan Usaha Enam
Category: Workplace
States: Malacca
District(s): Melaka Tengah and Jasin
Initial tests: 15 out of 568 infected (2.6 percent)

Dah Putih Industri Kulim
Category: Workplace
States: Kedah
District(s): Kulim
Initial tests: 30 out of 150 infected (20.0 percent)

Menuang
Category: Community
States: Sarawak
District(s): Limbang
Initial tests: 18 out of 83 infected (21.7 percent)

Ensurai
Category: Community
States: Sarawak
District(s): Limbang
Initial tests: 19 out of 220 infected (8.6 percent)

Bukit Damar
Category: Community
States: Pahang
District(s): Temerloh
Initial tests: 22 out of 67 infected (32.8 percent)

Dah Taman Melor
Category: Private education institution registered under the Education Ministry
States: Kedah
District(s): Kuala Muda and Kota Setar
Initial tests: 32 out of 86 infected (37.2 percent)

Persiaran Lavender Dua
Category: Non-Education Ministry institution
States: Negeri Sembilan
District(s): Seremban
Initial tests: 8 out of 35 infected (22.9 percent)

Jalan Pegawai
Category: High-risk group
States: Selangor
District(s): Sabak Bernam
Initial tests: 14 out of 132 infected (10.6 percent)

DTI Bekenu
Category: Detention Centre
States: Sarawak
District(s): Subis
Initial tests: 48 out of 48 infected (100.0 percent)

Source:Malaysiakini

COVID-19 | The Health Ministry reported another 103 new Covid-19 deaths yesterday (Oct 12), bringing the cumulative death toll to 27,525.

Malaysia is the worst-performing country in Asia in the number of Covid-19 deaths per capita.

From the newly reported deaths yesterday, 25.2 percent or 26 died before they received treatment at a hospital.

Sarawak recorded the highest number of new deaths at 26, making up 25.2 percent of the newly reported fatalities.

The remaining deaths were in Johor (15), Sabah (13), Selangor (13), Kelantan (11), Perak (9), Penang (7), Kedah (6), Negeri Sembilan (1), Perlis (1) and Kuala Lumpur (1).

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

Ninety out of the 103 reported deaths, or 87.4 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.

An average of 227 Covid-19 deaths were reported daily in the last 30 days compared to an average of 93 over the past seven days, indicating a downward trend.

To date, 1,317 Covid-19 deaths have been reported this month.

As of yesterday, there were 108,997 active Covid-19 cases. This is a reduction of 19.8 percent from the 135,946 active infections a week ago.

Compared to 30 days ago, the number of active cases has fallen by 54.1 percent from 237,278.

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

From the 7,276 new cases yesterday, there were 379 cases traced to active Covid-19 clusters.

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

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 reported 7,276 new Covid-19 cases today, bringing the cumulative infections to 2,353,579.

Beginning Oct 9, the Health Ministry will only publish today’s breakdown of new cases by states after midnight on its CovidNow website.

The breakdown by states for yesterday (Oct 11), where 6,709 new cases were reported, is as follows:

Sarawak (1,037)
Kelantan (938)
Johor (777)
Selangor (671)
Sabah (532)
Terengganu (480)
Penang (441)
Pahang (426)
Perak (414)
Kedah (357)
Kuala Lumpur (220)
Malacca (188)
Negeri Sembilan (163)
Putrajaya (36)
Perlis (29)
Labuan (0)

Yesterday saw Selangor recording the lowest number of new Covid-19 cases in 161 days – since May 4.

States that have seen significant improvements include Sabah, Sarawak, Kedah and Penang.

The fresh cases today comprised 6,871 Malaysians (94.4 percent) and 405 non-citizens (5.6 percent). They were surpassed by a total of 10,555 Covid-19 patients who recovered today, pushing down the number of active cases.

• Patients in ICU: 724
• Intubated: 398

As of today, the number of Covid-19 patients (including suspected ones) in the intensive care unit (ICU) is 13.9 percent lower compared to a week ago.

Those who require intubation have also declined by 9.1 percent from a week ago.

Clusters

To date, 783 Covid-19 clusters are still active, including 14 new clusters reported today.

The ongoing clusters have fallen by 18.1 percent from the 956 active clusters a week ago.

The 14 new clusters today comprised six workplace clusters (42.9 percent), five community clusters (35.7 percent), one high-risk group cluster (7.1 percent), one non-education ministry institution cluster (7.1 percent) and one education institution cluster (7.1 percent).

Jalan Seladang Bukit Mertajam
Category: Workplace
States: Penang
District(s): Seberang Perai Tengah
Initial tests: 15 out of 160 infected (9.4 percent)

Jalan Alma
Category: Workplace
States: Penang
District(s): Seberang Perai Tengah
Initial tests: 15 out of 140 infected (10.7 percent)

Industri Jalan Gangsa
Category: Workplace
States: Selangor
District(s): Kuala Langat
Initial tests: 19 out of 128 infected (14.8 percent)

Sawit Sungai Merbau
Category: Workplace
States: Pahang
District(s): Rompin
Initial tests: 16 out of 21 infected (76.2 percent)

Jalan Pulau Sebang
Category: Workplace
States: Malacca
District(s): Alor Gajah, Tampin and Rembau
Initial tests: 37 out of 227 infected (16.3 percent)

Kota Emas Pontian
Category: Workplace
States: Johor
District(s): Pontian
Initial tests: 18 out of 86 infected (20.9 percent)

Hang Tuah Tangkak
Category: Community
States: Johor
District(s): Tangkak
Initial tests: 20 out of 41 infected (48.8 percent)

Jalan Punai
Category: Community
States: Johor
District(s): Kulai
Initial tests: 12 out of 16 infected (75.0 percent)

Jalan Mutiara Tiga Kulai
Category: Community
States: Johor
District(s): Kulai
Initial tests: 7 out of 13 infected (53.8 percent)

Air Awat-Awat
Category: Community
States: Sarawak
District(s): Lawas
Initial tests: 42 out of 78 infected (53.8 percent)

Bukit Baja
Category: Community
States: Selangor
District(s): Sepang
Initial tests: 41 out of 153 infected (26.8 percent)

Jalan Raja Chulan Sayong
Category: High-risk group
States: Perak
District(s): Kuala Kangsar
Initial tests: 13 out of 16 infected (81.2 percent)

Taman Danau Kota
Category: Non-Education Ministry institution
States: Kuala Lumpur
District(s): Titiwangsa
Initial tests: 6 out of 48 infected (12.5 percent)

Jalan SP 10/1
Category: Private education institution
States: Selangor
District(s): Sepang
Initial tests: 5 out of 57 infected (8.8 percent)

Source:Malaysiakini