COVID-19 | The Health Ministry reported 5,143 new Covid-19 cases today, while the hospitalisation of Covid-19 patients is creeping up.

Daily hospital admission for Covid-19 patients rose by 9.5 percent over the last seven days compared to the preceding week.

Hospitalisation in the Klang Valley is up 20 percent. Other regions which saw rising hospitalisation rates are Malacca, Kedah, Negeri Sembilan, Perak and Johor.

Covid-19 hospital beds utilisation is above 80 percent in Terengganu and Kelantan. However, utilisation rates are dynamic as more parts of a hospital can be repurposed for Covid-19 patients when necessary.

The number of Covid-19 patients in intensive care is 1.5 lower over the past week compared to the previous week. There are currently 526 patients in Covid-19 ICU of which 250 are intubated.

The number of new cases for each state will only be published after midnight. The following is the breakdown for yesterday (Nov 14), which saw 5,162 new cases reported:

Selangor (1,266)
Kelantan (499)
Sabah (442)
Johor (432)
Kedah (366)
Penang (325)
Pahang (313)
Sarawak (299)
Kuala Lumpur (278)
Perak (258)
Malacca (216)
Terengganu (200)
Negeri Sembilan (174)
Putrajaya (66)
Labuan (17)
Perlis (11)

Clusters

The Health Ministry is currently monitoring 250 active Covid-19 clusters, down 20.4 percent from a week ago.

Active Covid-19 clusters have been dropping rapidly since October.

The Health Ministry did not report any new clusters today.

Source:Malaysiakini

COVID-19 | The Health Ministry’s Github data repository reported a total of 45 Covid-19 fatalities yesterday (Nov 14), bringing the cumulative death toll to 29,676.

Malaysia has the highest number of deaths per capita in the Asean and East Asian regions, with 901 deaths per one million population.

From the newly reported deaths yesterday, 26.7 percent or 12 died before they could receive treatment at a hospital.

Kedah recorded the highest number of new deaths at eight, making up 17.8 percent of the newly reported fatalities.

The remaining deaths were in Penang (7), Selangor (7), Perak (4), Sarawak (4), Kelantan (3), Sabah (3), Terengganu (3), Malacca (2), Kuala Lumpur (2), Johor (1) and Negeri Sembilan (1).

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

A total of 43 out of the 45 reported deaths or 95.6 percent occurred in the last seven days.

The remaining deaths occurred more than a week ago, but were only recorded yesterday due to delays in data reporting.

An average of 64 Covid-19 deaths was reported daily in the last 30 days, compared to the seven-day average of 55, which indicates a downtrend.

To date, 861 Covid-19 deaths have been reported this month.

As of yesterday, there were 65,417 active Covid-19 cases. This is an increase of 1.2 percent from the 64,623 active infections a week ago.

Compared to 30 days ago, the number of active cases has fallen by 33.8 percent from 98,773.

Cluster-linked infections

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

From the 5,162 new cases yesterday, a total of 106 of them could be traced to ongoing Covid-19 clusters.

From the cluster-linked cases, 70 (66 percent) were from workplaces while 28 (26.4 percent) were from high-risk groups such as old folks homes.

Another five (4.7 percent) were from clusters linked to education institutions.

The remaining cases were traced to clusters related to and community transmissions (three – 2.8 percent).

Source:Malaysiakini