The Health Ministry today reported 5,726 new Covid-19 cases today, bringing the cumulative cases to 2,444,224.

The new case count has been trending down gradually since late-August and is now at levels not seen since mid-May.

As of yesterday, the R-naught for the country was 0.86. A R-naught of less than 1.00 is desirable because it would suggest that the spread of Covid-19 was decelerating.

At a state level, every state has a R-naught of less than 1.00.

There are 598 confirmed or suspected Covid-19 patients requiring intensive care of which 308 require ventilator support.

The number of Covid-19 patients requiring intensive care has been trending down throughout the country, except in Sarawak.

Daily admission of Covid-19 patients over the past seven days is down 19 percent compared to the preceding week.

However, admission is up in Terengganu (+37 percent) and Penang (+27 percent).

Hospital bed use by Covid-19 patients is generally trending down throughout the country over the past month except in Sarawak where it has remain relatively stable.

Beginning Oct 9, the Health Ministry will only publish daily’s breakdown of new cases by states after midnight on the CovidNow website. For details on the Covid-19 deaths reported yesterday, click here.

Clusters

The Health Ministry is currently monitoring 506 active Covid-19 clusters, down 20.2 percent from a week ago.

Another seven new clusters were announced today:

Industri Jalan Besi Tujuh
Category: Workplace
States: Johor
District(s): Kulai
Initial tests: 9 out of 63 infected (14.3 percent)

Jalan Bacang Tampoi
Category: Workplace
States: Johor
District(s): Johor Bahru
Initial tests: 7 out of 21 infected (33.3 percent)

Dah Jalan Raya
Category: Workplace
States: Kedah
District(s): Bandar Baharu
Initial tests: 11 out of 34 infected (32.4 percent)

Industri Jalan Elkay Utama 2
Category: Workplace
States: Malacca
District(s): Jasin
Initial tests: 75 out of 163 infected (46.0 percent)

Industri Jalan Tepi Sungai
Category: Workplace
States: Perak
District(s): Hilir Perak
Initial tests: 14 out of 281 infected (5.0 percent)

Kimolohing
Category: Community
States: Sabah
District(s): Ranau
Initial tests: 49 out of 58 infected (84.5 percent)

Jalan Seremban Tiga
Category: Pendidikan Tinggi
States: Negeri Sembilan
District(s): Seremban

Source:Malaysiakini

COVID-19 | The Health Ministry’s Github data repository reported a total of 92 Covid-19 fatalities yesterday (Oct 25), bringing the cumulative death toll to 28,492.

Malaysia is the four worst-performing country in Asia in the number of Covid-19 deaths per capita after countries in the Middle East – Iran, Lebanon and Jordan.

From the newly-reported deaths yesterday, 12 percent or 11 died before they could receive treatment at a hospital.

Johor recorded the highest number of new deaths at 20, making up 21.7 percent of the newly reported fatalities.

The remaining deaths were in Penang (14), Sarawak (14), Kelantan (12), Perak (8), Sabah (8), Selangor (4), Negeri Sembilan (3), Kuala Lumpur (3), Kedah (2), Malacca (2) and Terengganu (2).

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

A total of 78 out of the 92 reported deaths or 84.8 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 111 Covid-19 deaths were reported daily in the last 30 days compared to the seven-day average of 71, indicating a downward trend.

To date, 2,284 Covid-19 deaths have been reported this month.

A total of 9,680 Covid-19 deaths were reported in September, 7,642 in August, 3,858 in July and 2,380 in June.

As of yesterday, there were 73,223 active Covid-19 cases. This is a reduction of 19 percent from the 90,441 active infections a week ago.

Compared to 30 days ago, the number of active cases has fallen by 61.8 percent from 191,435.

Cluster-linked infections

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

From the 4,782 new cases yesterday, a total of 109 of them could be traced to ongoing Covid-19 clusters.

From the cluster-linked cases, 66 (60.6 percent) were from workplaces while 21 (19.3 percent) were from education institutions.

Another 12 (11 percent) were from clusters linked to community transmissions.

The remaining cases were traced to clusters related to religious events (5 – 4.6 percent) and high-risk groups such as old folks homes (5 – 4.6 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