COVID-19 | The Health Ministry today reported 9,380 new Covid-19 cases, bringing the cumulative case count to 2,303,837.

New case count across the country has been generally trending down over the past two weeks.

Hospitalisation of Covid-19 patients has also been trending down nationwide with the exception of Sarawak.

• Patients in ICU: 851 (800 confirmed; 51 suspected)
• Intubated: 447 (348 confirmed; 99 probable)

As of today, the number of Covid-19 patients (including suspected ones) in the intensive care unit (ICU) is 13.0 percent lower compared to a week ago.

Those who require intubation have also declined by 20.9 percent from a week ago.

Today’s active cases and reported deaths will only be released after midnight. For yesterday’s figures, click here.

Sarawak (1,503)
Kelantan (1,170)
Selangor (1,116)
Johor (1,105)
Sabah (790)
Terengganu (704)
Perak (629)
Penang (623)
Kedah (556)
Pahang (511)
Kuala Lumpur (214)
Malacca (200)
Negeri Sembilan (191)
Perlis (42)
Putrajaya (18)
Labuan (8)

Clusters

The Health Ministry is currently monitoring 932 active Covid-19 clusters.

Another 11 clusters were classified today, comprising five workplace clusters (45.5 percent), five community clusters (45.5 percent) and one high-risk group clusters (9.1 percent).

Industri Batu Empat Kempas
Category: Workplace
States: Johor
District(s): Johor Bahru
Initial tests: 28 out of 53 infected (52.8 percent)

Tapak Bina Jalan Pendas
Category: Workplace
States: Johor
District(s): Johor Bahru
Initial tests: 12 out of 12 infected (100.0 percent)

Seri Paya
Category: Workplace
States: Johor
District(s): Tangkak
Initial tests: 12 out of 50 infected (24.0 percent)

Dataran Air Muleh
Category: Workplace
States: Kelantan
District(s): Pasir Mas, Tumpat, Machang, and Kota Bharu
Initial tests: 8 out of 32 infected (25.0 percent)

Industri Dua Batu 29 Jalan Ipoh
Category: Workplace
States: Selangor
District(s): Hulu Selangor
Initial tests: 23 out of 80 infected (28.7 percent)

Kampung Biah
Category: Community
States: Kelantan
District(s): Kota Bharu and Tumpat
Initial tests: 15 out of 20 infected (75.0 percent)

Kampung Hutan Melor
Category: Community
States: Kelantan
District(s): Pasir Puteh and Kota Bharu
Initial tests: 7 out of 12 infected (58.3 percent)

Kampung Kedondong Hilir
Category: Community
States: Kelantan
District(s): Pasir Mas
Initial tests: 6 out of 7 infected (85.7 percent)

Kampung Sokor
Category: Community
States: Kelantan
District(s): Kota Bharu
Initial tests: 6 out of 10 infected (60.0 percent)

Langkap 2
Category: Community
States: Negeri Sembilan
District(s): Kuala Pilah and Jelebu
Initial tests: 20 out of 38 infected (52.6 percent)

Gual Tinggi
Category: High-risk group
States: Kelantan
District(s): Pasir Mas and Kota Bharu
Initial tests: 7 out of 13 infected (53.8 percent)

Source:Malaysiakini

COVID-19 | The Health Ministry’s Github data repository reported a total of 117 Covid-19 fatalities yesterday (Oct 5), bringing the cumulative death toll to 26,876.

This is up from yesterday’s total of 76, which was the lowest number of reported deaths in 92 days.

From the newly reported deaths yesterday, 13.6 percent or 16 died before they could receive treatment at a hospital.

Sarawak had the highest number of fatalities with 21. The other states were as follows: Johor (19), Perak (14), Selangor (14), Kelantan (11), Sabah (11), Kedah (8), Terengganu (5), Pahang (4), Kuala Lumpur (4), Malacca (2), Perlis (2), Negri Sembilan (1) and Penang (1).

There were no deaths recorded in Labuan or Putrajaya.

As of yesterday, there were 135,945 active Covid-19 cases. This is a reduction of 23.1 percent from the 174,492 active Covid-19 cases a week ago.

Compared to 30 days ago, the number of active cases has fallen by 46.2 percent from 252,668,

The Health Ministry reported 8,817 new cases yesterday.

14 new clusters

To date, 956 Covid-19 clusters are still active, including 14 new clusters reported yesterday.

The ongoing clusters have fallen by 16.9 percent from the 1,151 active clusters a week ago.

The 14 new clusters yesterday comprised 10 workplace clusters (71.4 percent), two community clusters (14.3 percent), one high-risk group cluster (7.1 percent) and one private education institute cluster (7.1 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

COVID-19 | The Health Ministry reported 8,817 new Covid-19 cases today, bringing the cumulative infections to 2,294,457.

West Malaysia made up 6,648 of the new cases or 75.4 percent while East Malaysia contributed to 2,169 of the fresh infections or 24.6 percent.

In Peninsular Malaysia, the Klang Valley was responsible for 1,588 or 23.9 percent of the new infections while the remaining 5,060 cases or 76.1 percent came from outside of the Klang Valley.

Sarawak topped the chart with 1,361 fresh infections.

Penang, Perak and Terengganu have seen improvements, recording the lowest fresh infections in more than two months.

Today’s active cases and reported deaths will only be released after midnight. For yesterday’s figures, click here.

New infections were surpassed by a total of 15,615 Covid-19 patients who recovered today. This is expected to help reduce the number of active cases.

• Patients in ICU: 851 (815 confirmed; 36 suspected)
• Intubated: 395 (332 confirmed; 63 probable)

As of today, the number of Covid-19 patients (including suspected ones) in the intensive care unit (ICU) is 13.6 percent lower compared to a week ago.

Those who require intubation have also declined by 29.8 percent from a week ago.

New cases by states:

Sarawak (1,361)
Selangor (1,348)
Kelantan (1,063)
Johor (886)
Sabah (805)
Pahang (696)
Penang (595)
Kedah (576)
Perak (473)
Terengganu (356)
Malacca (246)
Kuala Lumpur (217)
Negeri Sembilan (122)
Perlis (47)
Putrajaya (23)
Labuan (3)

Clusters

To date, 956 Covid-19 clusters are still active, including 14 new clusters reported today. Overall, active clusters account for 619 (7.0 percent) of today’s new cases.

The ongoing clusters have fallen by 16.9 percent from the 1,151 active clusters a week ago.

The 14 new clusters today comprised 10 workplace clusters (71.4 percent), two community clusters (14.3 percent), one high-risk group cluster (7.1 percent) and one involving a private educational institution (7.1 percent).

Batu Tujuh Setengah Bakri
Category: Workplace
States: Johor
District(s): Muar
Initial tests: 46 out of 117 infected (39.3 percent)

Jalan Cantik Dua
Category: Workplace
States: Johor
District(s): Johor Bahru
Initial tests: 20 out of 20 infected (100.0 percent)

Industri Batu 28 Pontian
Category: Workplace
States: Johor
District(s): Pontian
Initial tests: 13 out of 198 infected (6.6 percent)

Dah Suasana Industri Gurun
Category: Workplace
States: Kedah
District(s): Kuala Muda, Pendang, and Yan
Initial tests: 42 out of 181 infected (23.2 percent)

Dah Terbang
Category: Workplace
States: Kedah
District(s): Kuala Muda, Kota Setar, and Kubang Pasu
Initial tests: 34 out of 60 infected (56.7 percent)

Industri Jalan Wawasan Satu
Category: Workplace
States: Selangor
District(s): Klang
Initial tests: 40 out of 94 infected (42.6 percent)

Industri Jalan Bawal Telok Gong
Category: Workplace
States: Selangor
District(s): Klang
Initial tests: 6 out of 112 infected (5.4 percent)

Kok Lanas Ketereh
Category: Workplace
States: Kelantan
District(s): Kota Bharu
Initial tests: 54 out of 83 infected (65.1 percent)

Sawit Temerloh
Category: Workplace
States: Pahang
District(s): Temerloh
Initial tests: 6 out of 35 infected (17.1 percent)

Laluan Lahat Timur 1/1
Category: Workplace
States: Perak
District(s): Kinta
Initial tests: 25 out of 175 infected (14.3 percent)

Kampung Tong
Category: Community
States: Kelantan
District(s): Pasir Mas
Initial tests: 7 out of 7 infected (100.0 percent)

Kampung Perah Hilir
Category: Community
States: Kelantan
District(s): Pasir Mas
Initial tests: 6 out of 9 infected (66.7 percent)

Penyayang Jejawi
Category: High-risk group
States: Perlis
District(s): Kangar
Initial tests: 22 out of 133 infected (16.5 percent)

Jalan Utama 57
Category: Private educational institution registered under the Education Ministry
States: Selangor
District(s): Kuala Langat
Initial tests: 43 out of 95 infected (45.3 percent)

Source:Malaysiakini

COVID-19 | The Health Ministry’s Github data repository reported a total of 76 Covid-19 fatalities yesterday (Oct 4), bringing the cumulative death toll to 26,759.

This is the lowest number of reported deaths in 92 days.

This is the first time that the reported number of deaths have been below 100 since July 25, when 92 deaths were reported.

From the newly reported deaths yesterday, 19.7 percent or 15 died before they could receive treatment at a hospital.

Perak recorded the highest number of new deaths at 13, making up 17.1 percent of the newly reported fatalities.

The remaining deaths were in Perak (13), Sarawak (11), Kelantan (10), Johor (9), Sabah (9), Penang (5), Pahang (4), Terengganu (4), Kedah (3), Kuala Lumpur (3), Selangor (2), Malacca (1), Negeri Sembilan (1) and Perlis (1).

No new deaths were reported in Labuan and Putrajaya.

A total of 68 out of the 76 reported deaths or 89.5 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 296 Covid-19 deaths were reported daily in the last 30 days compared to the seven-day average of 152, indicating a downtrend.

As of yesterday, there were 142,860 active Covid-19 cases. This is a reduction of 19.5 percent from the 177,560 active infections a week ago.

Compared to 30 days ago, the number of active cases has fallen by 44.3 percent from 256,305.

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

From the 8,075 new cases yesterday, a total of 731 of them could be traced to ongoing Covid-19 clusters.

From the cluster-linked cases, 613 (83.9 percent) were from workplaces while 73 (10.0 percent) were from community transmissions.

Another 25 (3.4 percent) were from clusters linked to high-risk groups such as old folks homes.

The remaining cases were traced to clusters related to education institutions (8 – 1.1 percent), detention centres (7 – 1.0 percent) and religious events (5 – 0.7 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

COVID-19 | The Health Ministry’s Github data repository reported 118 Covid-19 fatalities yesterday (Oct 3), bringing the cumulative death toll to 26,683.

From the newly reported deaths yesterday, 22.9 percent or 27 died before they could receive treatment at a hospital.

Perak recorded the highest number of new deaths at 26, making up 22.0 percent of the newly reported fatalities.

The remaining deaths were in Penang (14), Sabah (14), Kedah (13), Sarawak (12), Johor (11), Kelantan (9), Selangor (8), Pahang (3), Malacca (2), Negeri Sembilan (2), Perlis (1), Terengganu (1), Kuala Lumpur (1) and Labuan (1).

No new deaths were reported in Putrajaya.

A total of 95 out of the 118 reported deaths or 80.5 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 305 Covid-19 deaths was reported daily in the last 30 days compared to the seven-day average of 178, indicating a downtrend.

As of yesterday, there were 150,317 active Covid-19 cases. This is a reduction of 18.0 percent from the 183,289 active infections a week ago.

Compared to 30 days ago, the number of active cases has fallen by 42.0 percent from 259,192.

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

From the 9,066 new cases yesterday, 388 could be traced to ongoing Covid-19 clusters.

From the cluster-linked cases, 224 (57.7 percent) were from community transmissions while 140 (36.1 percent) were from workplaces.

Another 17 (4.4 percent) were from clusters linked to high-risk groups such as old folks’ homes.

The remaining cases were traced to clusters related to detention centres (5 – 1.3 percent), religious events (1 – 0.3 percent), and education institutions (1 – 0.3 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.

COVID-19 | The Health Ministry today reported 9,066 new Covid-19 cases, bringing cumulative infections to 2,277,565.

The number of fresh infections today is the lowest in 83 days, since July 12 when the number of new cases was 8,574.

It is the first time in almost three months that fewer than 10,000 cases were registered.

The figures were also the lowest in Johor, Penang, Kelantan, and Perak for around the past two months.

It should be noted that figures for Sunday and Monday might be lower due to slower reporting over the weekend

The fresh infections today comprised 8,496 Malaysians (93.7 percent) and 570 non-citizens (6.3 percent).

They were surpassed by a total of 14,454 Covid-19 patients who recovered today. This is expected to help reduce the number of active cases.

• Patients in ICU: 835 (815 confirmed; 20 suspected)
• Intubated: 535 (355 confirmed; 180 probable)

As of today, the number of Covid-19 patients (including suspected ones) in the intensive care unit (ICU) is 20.6 percent lower compared to a week ago.

Those who require intubation have also declined by 7.8 percent from a week ago.

Peninsular Malaysia made up 6,881 of the new cases or 75.9 percent while East Malaysia contributed to 2,185 of the fresh infections or 24.1 percent.

In Peninsular Malaysia, the Klang Valley was responsible for 1,225 or 17.8 percent of the new infections while the remaining 5,656 cases or 82.2 percent came from outside the Klang Valley.

Today’s active cases and reported deaths will only be released after midnight. For yesterday’s figures, click here.

New cases by states

Sarawak (1,418)
Selangor (1,000)
Johor (981)
Terengganu (827)
Kelantan (796)
Sabah (767)
Kedah (670)
Perak (669)
Pahang (630)
Penang (620)
Malacca (206)
Kuala Lumpur (201)
Negeri Sembilan (191)
Perlis (66)
Putrajaya (24)
Labuan (0)

Clusters

To date, 1,008 Covid-19 clusters are still active, including six new clusters reported today.

The ongoing clusters have fallen by 14.9 percent from the 1,185 active clusters a week ago.

The six new clusters today comprised three community clusters (50 percent) and three workplace clusters (50 percent).

Kampung Pos Kelang
Category: Community
States: Pahang
District(s): Raub
Initial tests: 25 out of 143 infected (17.5 percent)

Taman Desa Wira
Category: Community
States: Kelantan
District(s): Kota Bharu and Pasir Mas
Initial tests: 15 out of 15 infected (100.0 percent)

Parit Bengkok Tangkak
Category: Community
States: Johor
District(s): Tangkak
Initial tests: 12 out of 18 infected (66.7 percent)

Sawit Bera Selatan
Category: Workplace
States: Pahang
District(s): Bera
Initial tests: 49 out of 289 infected (17.0 percent)

Batu 11 Bukit Pasir
Category: Workplace
States: Johor
District(s): Muar
Initial tests: 25 out of 124 infected (20.2 percent)

Jalan Seneng
Category: Workplace
States: Kelantan
District(s): Bachok
Initial tests: 14 out of 22 infected (63.6 percent)

Source：Malaysiakini

COVID-19 | The Health Ministry’s Github data repository reported a total of 109 Covid-19 fatalities yesterday (Oct 2), bringing the cumulative death toll to 26,565.

This is the lowest number of reported deaths in 69 days.

From the newly reported deaths yesterday, 30.3 percent or 33 died before they could receive treatment at a hospital.

Penang recorded the highest number of new deaths at 18, making up 16.5 percent of the newly reported fatalities.

The remaining deaths were in Sabah (13), Selangor (13), Johor (11), Perak (10), Sarawak (9), Terengganu (9), Kedah (8), Kelantan (5), Pahang (4), Kuala Lumpur (4), Perlis (3), Malacca (1), and Negeri Sembilan (1).

No new deaths were reported in Labuan and Putrajaya.

A total of 89 out of the 109 reported deaths or 81.7 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.

Compared to an average of 312 Covid-19 deaths in the last 30 days, there was an average of 201 deaths in the last seven days, indicating a downtrend.

As of yesterday, there were 155,823 active Covid-19 cases. This is a reduction of 18.6 percent from the 191,434 active infections a week ago.

Compared to 30 days ago, the number of active cases has fallen by 40.6 percent from 262,543.

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

From the 10,915 new cases yesterday, 656 could be traced to ongoing Covid-19 clusters.

From the cluster-linked cases, 380 (57.9 percent) were from workplaces while 194 (29.6 percent) were from community transmissions.

Another 79 (12.0 percent) were from clusters linked to high-risk groups such as old folks’ homes.

The remaining cases (2 – 0.3 percent) were traced to clusters related to detention centres and education institutions (1 – 0.2 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

COVID-19 | The Health Ministry today reported 10,915 new Covid-19 cases, bringing the cumulative infections to 2,268,499.

The fresh infections today is the lowest in 76 days, since July 18.

In Peninsular Malaysia, the Klang Valley was responsible for 1,583 or 19.8 percent of the new infections while the remaining 6,423 cases or 80.2 percent came from the rest of the peninsular states.

Sarawak topped the chart with 2,121 fresh infections.

However, it is the lowest number of fresh infections for Sarawak in nine days.

The number of recoveries today, 15,396, outpaced that of new cases.

• Patients in ICU: 888 (832 confirmed; 56 suspected)
• Intubated: 484 (354 confirmed; 130 probable)

Today’s active cases and reported deaths will only be released after midnight. For yesterday’s figures, click here.

New cases by states

Sarawak (2,121)
Selangor (1,386)
Kelantan (1,288)
Johor (1,124)
Perak (862)
Terengganu (818)
Sabah (784)
Penang (768)
Kedah (574)
Pahang (504)
Malacca (216)
Negeri Sembilan (211)
Kuala Lumpur (171)
Perlis (58)
Putrajaya (26)
Labuan (4)

Clusters

To date, 1,044 Covid-19 clusters are still active, including 10 new clusters reported today.

The ongoing clusters have fallen by 14.0 percent from the 1,214 active clusters a week ago.

The 10 new clusters today comprised four community clusters (40.0 percent), four workplace clusters (40.0 percent) and two high-risk group clusters (20.0 percent).

Kampung Topeng
Category: Community
States: Kelantan
District(s): Pasir Mas
Initial tests: 5 out of 5 infected (100 percent)

Kampung Panji
Category: Community
States: Kelantan
District(s): Kota Bharu
Initial tests: 16 out of 23 infected (69.6 percent)

Kampung Kebor Besar
Category: Community
States: Terengganu
District(s): Kuala Terengganu and Kuala Nerus
Initial tests: 91 out of 166 infected (54.8 percent)

Sepangah
Category: Community
States: Sarawak
District(s): Limbang
Initial tests: 28 out of 183 infected (15.3 percent)

Tapak Bina Sri Austin
Category: Workplace
States: Johor
District(s): Johor Bahru
Initial tests: 59 out of 82 infected (72 percent)

Industri Rimba Pontian
Category: Workplace
States: Johor
District(s): Pontian
Initial tests: 24 out of 306 infected (7.8 percent)

Sekakap Mersing
Category: Workplace
States: Johor
District(s): Mersing
Initial tests: 25 out of 43 infected (58.1 percent)

Jalan Taman Titiwangsa
Category: Workplace
States: Kelantan
District(s): Gua Musang
Initial tests: 11 out of 18 infected (61.1 percent)

Jalan Haji Mohd Noordin
Category: High-risk group
States: Perak
District(s): Kinta
Initial tests: 24 out of 48 infected (50 percent)

KM18 Jalan Kuantan-Pekan
Category: High-risk group
States: Pahang
District(s): Kuantan
Initial tests: 50 out of 67 infected (74.6 percent)

Source:Malaysiakini

COVID-19 | The Health Ministry’s Github data repository reported a total of 121 Covid-19 fatalities yesterday (Oct 1), bringing the Covid-19 death toll to 26,456.

From the newly reported deaths yesterday, 23.1 percent or 28 died before they could receive treatment at a hospital.

Sarawak recorded the highest number of new deaths at 25, making up 20.7 percent of the newly reported fatalities.

The remaining deaths were in Johor (17), Sabah (17), Kelantan (15), Selangor (15), Perak (7), Kuala Lumpur (7), Kedah (6), Penang (6), Perlis (3), Terengganu (2) and Pahang (1).

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

Sarawak is the only state where deaths, based on actual dates when the death occurred, are trending up over the past month.

A total of 99 out of the 121 reported deaths or 81.8 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 317 Covid-19 deaths was reported daily in the last 30 days compared to the seven-day average of 218, indicating a downtrend.

As of yesterday, there were 160,413 active Covid-19 cases. This is a reduction of 18.1 percent from the 195,837 active cases a week ago.

Compared to 30 days ago, the number of active cases has fallen by almost 40 percent from 265,277.

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