COVID-19 | The Health Ministry reported 4,343 new Covid-19 cases today, bringing the cumulative infections to 2,506,309.

The number of fresh infections today is the lowest in 175 days, since May 16.

They comprised 4,126 Malaysians (95 percent) and 217 non-citizens (5 percent).

The fresh infections were surpassed by a total of 5,190 Covid-19 patients who recovered today. This is expected to help reduce the number of active cases.

• Patients in ICU: 554
• Intubated: 272

As of today, the number of Covid-19 patients (including suspected ones) in the intensive care unit (ICU) is 1.4 percent lower compared to a week ago.

Those who require intubation have also declined by 16.6 percent from a week ago.

Nationally, the number of hospital admissions in the last seven days have declined by 7.3 percent compared to the preceding week.

However, hospital admissions in some states are on the rise, particularly in Negeri Sembilan (+26.3 percent) and Terengganu (+16 percent) in the same period.

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

The breakdown by states for yesterday (Nov 6), where 4,701 new cases were reported, is as follows:

Selangor (1,063)
Sabah (569)
Sarawak (499)
Johor (395)
Kelantan (379)
Kuala Lumpur (268)
Pahang (267)
Kedah (232)
Penang (225)
Perak (201)
Terengganu (201)
Malacca (172)
Negeri Sembilan (149)
Putrajaya (41)
Perlis (30)
Labuan (10)

Clusters

To date, 325 Covid-19 clusters are still active, including seven new clusters reported today.

The ongoing clusters have fallen by 24.1 percent from the 428 active clusters a week ago.

The seven new clusters today comprised three community clusters (42.9 percent), three workplace clusters (42.9 percent) and one education cluster (14.3 percent).

Kampung Jubakar Darat
Category: Community
States: Kelantan
District(s): Tumpat
Initial tests: 17 out of 27 infected (63 percent)

Jalan Cempaka Mersing
Category: Community
States: Johor
District(s): Mersing
Initial tests: 16 out of 47 infected (34 percent)

Karanaan
Category: Community
States: Sabah
District(s): Ranau
Initial tests: 52 out of 118 infected (44.1 percent)

Paradise Georgetown
Category: Workplace
States: Penang
District(s): Timur Laut
Initial tests: 31 out of 106 infected (29.2 percent)

Tapak Bina Jalan Station Kluang
Category: Workplace
States: Johor
District(s): Kluang
Initial tests: 29 out of 95 infected (30.5 percent)

Terendak
Category: Workplace
States: Malacca
District(s): Alor Gajah
Initial tests: 32 out of 52 infected (61.5 percent)

Jalan Chinchin
Category: Higher education
States: Malacca
District(s): Jasin
Initial tests: 23 out of 92 infected (25 percent)

Source:Malaysiakini

COVID-19 | The Health Ministry’s Github data repository reported a total of 54 Covid-19 fatalities yesterday (Nov 6), bringing the cumulative death toll to 29,256.

Malaysia has the highest number of deaths per capita in the Asean and East Asian regions with 889 deaths per 1 million population.

From the newly reported deaths yesterday, 22.2 percent or 12 died before they could receive treatment at a hospital.

Sarawak recorded the highest number of new deaths at 18, making up 33.3 percent of the newly reported fatalities.

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

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

A total of 47 out of the 54 reported deaths or 87 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 71 Covid-19 deaths was reported daily in the last 30 days compared to the seven-day average of 54, indicating a downtrend.

As of yesterday, there were 65,505 active Covid-19 cases. This is a reduction of 5.3 percent from the 69,153 active infections a week ago.

Compared to 30 days ago, the number of active cases has fallen by 49.2 percent from 129,050.

Cluster-linked infections

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

From the 4,701 new cases yesterday, a total of 112 of them could be traced to ongoing Covid-19 clusters.

From the cluster-linked cases, 82 (73.2 percent) were from workplaces while 21 (18.8 percent) were from high-risk groups such as old folks homes.

Another nine (8.0 percent) were from clusters linked to education institutions.

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

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

Source:Malaysiakini