An Enhanced Movement Control Order (EMCO) will be enforced in Kampung Orang Asli Satak, in Raub, Pahang starting tomorrow (Nov 2) till Nov 16.

National Security Council director-general Rodzi Md Saad said the decision was made after evaluating the Health Ministry’s risk assessment and the Covid-19 infection trend in the locality.

“The standard operating procedure (SOP) for all EMCOs are the same as previously announced,” he said in a Facebook post today.

Rodzi added that no EMCOs in the country were extended or ended today.

– Bernama

Source:Malaysiakini

COVID-19 | The Health Ministry today reported 5,071 new Covid-19 cases today, bringing the cumulative infections to 2,481,339.

They were surpassed by a total of 5,372 Covid-19 patients who recovered today. This is expected to help reduce the number of active cases.

• Patients in ICU: 557
• Intubated: 300

However, hospital admissions in some states are on the rise, particularly in Terengganu (+34.2 percent), Kedah (+18.8 percent) and Sabah (+13.1 percent).

Hospital bed use by Covid-19 patients are 82 percent, 76 percent and 61 percent respectively.

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 (Nov 1), where 4,626 new cases were reported, is as follow:

Selangor (883)
Sarawak (478)
Kelantan (461)
Johor (408)
Sabah (393)
Kedah (326)
Penang (318)
Pahang (288)
Terengganu (269)
Kuala Lumpur (204)
Perak (190)
Malacca (184)
Negeri Sembilan (144)
Perlis (46)
Putrajaya (34)
Labuan (0)

As of yesterday, there are two states – Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya – with a R-naught of more than 1.00. This means that the spread of Covid-19 there is accelerating, albeit marginally.

Clusters

To date, 404 Covid-19 clusters are still active, including five new clusters reported today.

The ongoing clusters have fallen by 20.2 percent from the 506 active clusters a week ago.

The 5 new clusters today comprised three workplace clusters (60.0 percent), one non-education ministry institution cluster (20.0 percent) and one community cluster (20.0 percent).

Details of the new clusters are as follows:

Jalan Tuanku Dua
Category: Workplace
States: Kuala Lumpur
District(s): Lembah Pantai
Initial tests: 6 out of 38 infected (15.8 percent)

Industri Jalan KPB Sembilan
Category: Workplace
States: Selangor
District(s): Hulu Langat
Initial tests: 16 out of 31 infected (51.6 percent)

Triang Bera
Category: Workplace
States: Pahang
District(s): Bera
Initial tests: 35 out of 117 infected (29.9 percent)

Chengal Lempong
Category: Non-Education Ministry institution
States: Pahang
District(s): Kuantan
Initial tests: 12 out of 36 infected (33.3 percent)

Permatang Shahbandar
Category: Community
States: Pahang
District(s): Maran
Initial tests: 13 out of 33 infected (39.4 percent)

Source:Malaysiakini

COVID-19 | The Health Ministry’s Github data repository reported a total of 63 Covid-19 fatalities yesterday (Nov 1), bringing the cumulative death toll to 28,975.

Malaysia has the highest number of deaths per capita in the Asean and East Asian regions with 876 deaths per 1 million population.

From the newly reported deaths yesterday, 18 died before they could receive treatment at a hospital.

Sarawak recorded the highest number of new deaths at 20.

The remaining deaths were in Sabah (7), Johor (6), Terengganu (6), Kelantan (5), Selangor (5), Penang (4), Kuala Lumpur (3), Pahang (2), Perak (2), Perlis (2) and Malacca (1).

No new deaths were reported in Kedah, Negeri Sembilan, Labuan and Putrajaya.

A total of 45 out of the 63 reported deaths or 71.4 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 80 Covid-19 deaths were reported daily in the last 30 days compared to the seven-day average of 69, indicating a downtrend.

As of yesterday, there were 67,233 active Covid-19 cases. This is a reduction of 8.2 percent from the 73,223 active infections a week ago.

Compared to 30 days ago, the number of active cases has fallen by 56.9 percent from 155,824.

Cluster-linked infections

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

From the 4,626 new cases yesterday, a total of 144 of them could be traced to ongoing Covid-19 clusters.

From the cluster-linked cases, 78 (54.2 percent) were from workplaces while 28 (19.4 percent) were from education institutions.

Another 26 (18.1 percent) were from clusters linked to high-risk groups such as old folks homes.

The remaining cases were traced to clusters related to community transmissions (12-8.3 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