COVID-19 | The Health Ministry reported 5,809 new Covid-19 cases today, bringing the cumulative infections to 2,541,147.

The number of new cases today outpaced recoveries (4,712), which will lead to an increase in active cases for the fifth day in a row.

• Patients in ICU: 527
• Intubated: 27

Nationally, the trend of hospital admissions which had been declining for weeks reversed, increasing by 2.95 percent in the last seven days compared to the preceding week.

The rise was largely contributed by Kuala Lumpur (+85 percent), Malacca (+41.2 percent), Negeri Sembilan (+20.4 percent), Perak (+16.4 percent) and Johor (+12 percent) during the said period.

The infectivity rate, or R-naught value, has also increased to 1.04, the first time the figure had gone above 1.0 since August 31.

A sustained value of above 1.0 will lead to an exponential spread of the virus. A value of under 1.0 indicates the spread of the virus is slowing

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 12), where 6,517 new cases were reported, is as follows:

Selangor (1,752)
Sabah (611)
Kelantan (521)
Johor (517)
Kuala Lumpur (441)
Pahang (431)
Sarawak (418)
Kedah (352)
Negeri Sembilan (299)
Malacca (299)
Penang (254)
Perak (243)
Terengganu (243)
Putrajaya (74)
Perlis (54)
Labuan (8)

The fresh infections recorded in Selangor yesterday was the highest since Oct 9 while in Kuala Lumpur, it was the highest since Sept 17.

COVID-19 | The Health Ministry today reported 6,517 new Covid-19 cases, bringing the cumulative infections to 2,535,338.

The fresh infections today is the highest in 21 days, since October 22.

This is the third consecutive day where new cases are above 6,000.

The number of recoveries (6,026) was also lower than new cases, which will contribute to a rise in active cases for the fourth day in a row.

• Patients in ICU: 544
• Intubated: 269

The R-naught value, or infectivity rate, also climbed to 1.0 yesterday, signalling that the recovery has stalled.

A value of under 1.0 means the spread of Covid-19 is slowing down while a higher value means it is accelerating.

Nationally, the number of hospital admissions in the last seven days have declined by 1.3 percent compared to the preceding week.

However, hospital admissions in some states are on the rise, particularly in Kuala Lumpur (+45.3 percent), Malacca (+31.8 percent), Negeri Sembilan (+19.7 percent) and Perak (+12.7 percent) during the same period.

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 11), where 6,323 new cases were reported, is as follow:

Selangor (1,568)
Kelantan (678)
Johor (649)
Sabah (579)
Sarawak (409)
Pahang (403)
Kedah (351)
Kuala Lumpur (339)
Penang (276)
Negeri Sembilan (275)
Perak (246)
Terengganu (223)
Malacca (158)
Putrajaya (84)
Perlis (60)
Labuan (25)

Based on the breakdown yesterday, several states are seeing the highest number of new infections in weeks.

The new infections in Putrajaya yesterday was the highest since Aug 7 while fresh infections in Negeri Sembilan and Pahang were the highest since Sept 13 and Oct 12 respectively.

Kelantan has also seen an elevated number of new cases, recording the second-highest number of fresh infections for three consecutive days.

COVID-19 | The Health Ministry’s Github data repository reported a total of 49 Covid-19 fatalities yesterday (Nov 11), bringing the cumulative death toll to 29,535.

Malaysia has the highest number of deaths per capita in the Asean and East Asia regions with 891 deaths per one million population.

From the newly reported deaths yesterday, 28.6 percent or 14 died before they could receive treatment at a hospital.

Sabah recorded the highest number of new deaths at 12, making up 24.5 percent of the newly reported fatalities.

The remaining deaths were in Perak (9), Sarawak (7), Selangor (7), Terengganu (6), Kelantan (3), Johor (2), Kedah (1), Pahang (1) and Kuala Lumpur (1).

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

An average of 67 Covid-19 deaths was reported daily in the last 30 days compared to the seven-day average of 54, indicating a downward trend.

To date, 720 Covid-19 deaths have been reported this month.

As of yesterday, there were 63,827 active Covid-19 cases. This is a reduction of 4.7 percent from the 66,944 active infections a week ago.

Compared to 30 days ago, the number of active cases has fallen by 41.4 percent from 108,997.

Cluster-linked infections

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

From the 6,323 new cases yesterday, a total of 135 of them could be traced to ongoing Covid-19 clusters.

From the cluster-linked cases, 81 (60 percent) were from workplaces while 24 (17.8 percent) were from high-risk groups such as old folks homes.

Another 24 (17.8 percent) were from clusters linked to education institutions.

The remaining cases were traced to clusters related to community transmissions (6 – 4.4 percent).

Source:Malaysiakini

COVID-19 | The Health Ministry today reported 6,323 new Covid-19 cases, as the R-naught creeps up to 0.99.

The new daily case count is the highest in 14 days, since Oct 28.

The fresh infections are more than the number of Covid-19 patients who recovered, which totalled 5,337. This is expected to contribute to a rise in the number of active cases.

The R-naught – or reproduction number for new Covid-19 cases – has been on the uptrend since Oct 21.

An R-naught of more than 1.00 suggests that the spread of Covid-19 is accelerating. The R-naught is above 1.00 in Kelantan (1.01), Selangor (1.03), Kuala Lumpur (1.03) and Putrajaya (1.06).

Nationally, the number of hospital admissions in the last seven days have declined by 3.3 percent compared to the preceding week.

The hospitalisation rate of Covid-19 patients is mostly under control. However, new Covid-19 admissions are up in Terengganu (+33 percent), Kuala Lumpur (+17 percent) and Negeri Sembilan (+10 percent).

Covid-19 hospital bed utilisation is highest in Terengganu (89 percent), Kelantan (84 percent) and Malacca (80 percent). Covid-19 beds are a dynamic figure as other parts of hospitals can be repurposed when necessary.

• Patients in ICU: 538
• Intubated: 274

The breakdown of new cases by state will only be available after midnight. These are the figures for yesterday:

Selangor (1,597)
Kelantan (806)
Sabah (573)
Johor (485)
Sarawak (480)
Kedah (438)
Pahang (367)
Kuala Lumpur (323)
Penang (318)
Terengganu (273)
Perak (200)
Negeri Sembilan (199)
Malacca (125)
Perlis (33)
Putrajaya (19)
Labuan (7)

Genomic surveillance

Only 48 Covid-19 samples have undergone full genomic sequencing this week, all of which were conducted by the UiTM’s Integrative Pharmacogenomics Institute (iPromise) in Puncak Alam, Selangor.

All 48 samples were identified as the Delta variant.

For comparison, a consortium of several health and research institutes in Malaysia (including iPromise) had sequenced 1,047 samples last week, 259 samples two weeks ago, and 134 samples the week before.

Such surveillance is important for monitoring the evolution of the virus and to flag any potentially problematic mutations for further scrutiny.

Clusters

To date, 288 Covid-19 clusters are still active, including four new ones.

The ongoing clusters have fallen by 21.5 percent from 367 a week ago.

The four new clusters today comprised three workplace clusters (75.0 percent) and one non-education ministry institution cluster (25.0 percent).

Industri Perusahaan Lorong Perak Tiga
Category: Workplace
States: Selangor
District(s): Kuala Langat
Initial tests: 13 out of 116 infected (11.2 percent)

Industri Jalan Peserai
Category: Workplace
States: Johor
District(s): Batu Pahat
Initial tests: 19 out of 239 infected (7.9 percent)

Jalan Gambut Kuantan
Category: Workplace
States: Pahang
District(s): Kuantan
Initial tests: 8 out of 32 infected (25.0 percent)

Jalan Setiawangsa Utama
Category: Non-Education Ministry institution
States: Kuala Lumpur
District(s): Titiwangsa
Initial tests: 6 out of 27 infected (22.2 percent)

Source:Malaysiakini

COVID-19 | The Health Ministry’s Github data repository reported a total of 59 Covid-19 fatalities yesterday (Nov 10), bringing the cumulative death toll to 29,486.

Malaysia has the highest number of deaths per capita in the Asean and East Asia regions with 891 deaths per one million population.

From the newly reported deaths yesterday, 16.9 percent or 10 died before they could receive treatment at a hospital.

Sarawak recorded the highest number of new deaths at 12, making up 20.3 percent of the newly reported fatalities.

The remaining deaths were in Sabah (11), Perak (8), Kedah (5), Kelantan (4), Penang (4), Terengganu (4), Selangor (3), Kuala Lumpur (3), Johor (2), Malacca (1), Negeri Sembilan (1) and Pahang (1).

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

A total of 48 out of the 59 reported deaths or 81.4 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 69 Covid-19 deaths were reported daily in the last 30 days compared to the seven-day average of 56, indicating a downward trend.

To date, 671 Covid-19 deaths have been reported this month.

As of yesterday, there were 62,890 active Covid-19 cases. This is a reduction of 6.4 percent from the 67,160 active infections a week ago.

Compared to 30 days ago, the number of active cases has fallen by 44 percent from 112,379.

Cluster-linked infections

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

From the 6,243 new cases yesterday, a total of 247 of them could be traced to ongoing Covid-19 clusters.

From the cluster-linked cases, 169 (68.4 percent) were from workplaces while 55 (22.3 percent) were from education institutions.

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 announced that 6,243 new Covid-19 cases have been detected over the past 24 hours ending noon today.

For the second consecutive day, the number of new cases exceed the number of Covid-19 patients who recovered, which totalled 5,068. This is expected to contribute to a rise in the number of active cases.

This is the highest number of new daily cases since Oct 28.

• Patients in ICU: 543
• Intubated: 279

As of yesterday, the R-naught figure has been steadily rising to 0.96. As long as the R-naught stays below 1.00, the spread of Covid-19 is considered to be decelerating.

The R-naught has breached 1.00 in Kuala Lumpur, Selangor and Putrajaya.

Daily hospitalisation of Covid-19 patients is down 6 percent this week compared to the previous week. However, hospitalisation is up marginally in Pahang and Johor.

The new daily cases breakdown by states will only be announced after midnight. This is the breakdown for yesterday:

Selangor (1,080)
Kelantan (792)
Sabah (545)
Sarawak (416)
Kuala Lumpur (413)
Kedah (412)
Johor (385)
Pahang (258)
Terengganu (246)
Pulau Pinang (245)
Melaka (200)
Perak (161)
Negeri Sembilan (160)
Putrajaya (48)
Perlis (35)
Labuan (7)

Clusters

To date, 300 Covid-19 clusters are still active, including 7 new clusters reported today.

The ongoing clusters have fallen by 23.1 percent from the 390 active clusters a week ago.

The seven new clusters today comprised two workplace clusters (28.6 percent), one high-risk group cluster (14.3 percent), one non-education ministry institution cluster (14.3 percent), one education ministry institution cluster (14.3 percent), one private educational institution cluster (14.3 percent) and one higher education cluster (14.3 percent).

Details of the new clusters are as follows:

Industri Batu 4 Jalan Kebun
Category: Workplace
States: Selangor
District(s): Klang and Kuala Langat
Initial tests: 70 out of 927 infected (7.6 percent)

Jalan Gajah Mati Machang Bubok
Category: High-risk group
States: Penang
District(s): Seberang Perai Tengah
Initial tests: 19 out of 20 infected (95.0 percent)

Pulai Chondong 2
Category: Non-Education Ministry institution
States: Kelantan
District(s): Machang
Initial tests: 7 out of 69 infected (10.1 percent)

Jalan Tanjong Mas
Category: Education Ministry institution
States: Kelantan
District(s): Kota Bharu
Initial tests: 25 out of 33 infected (75.8 percent)

Jalan Kempas Lapan
Category: Private educational institution registered under the Education Ministry
States: Johor
District(s): Kulai
Initial tests: 7 out of 58 infected (12.1 percent)

Sawit Mengkarak
Category: Workplace
States: Pahang
District(s): Bera
Initial tests: 51 out of 71 infected (71.8 percent)

Kandi Sungai Besi 2
Category: Pendidikan Tinggi
States: Kuala Lumpur
District(s): Cheras
Initial tests: 18 out of 30 infected (60.0 percent)

Source:Malaysiakini

COVID-19 | The Health Ministry’s Github data repository reported a total of 78 Covid-19 fatalities yesterday (Nov 9), bringing the cumulative death toll to 29,427.

Malaysia has the highest number of deaths per capita in the Asean and East Asian regions with 891 deaths per 1 million population.

From the newly reported deaths yesterday, 24.4 percent or 19 died before they could receive treatment at a hospital.

Kedah recorded the highest number of new deaths at 19, making up 24.4 percent of the newly reported fatalities.

The remaining deaths were in Sarawak (13), Selangor (12), Kelantan (8), Sabah (8), Perak (7), Johor (5), Malacca (2), Terengganu (2), Negeri Sembilan (1) and Kuala Lumpur (1).

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

A total of 58 out of the 78 reported deaths or 74.4 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 70 Covid-19 deaths were reported daily in the last 30 days compared to the seven-day average of 55, indicating a downward trend.

As of yesterday, there were 61,803 active Covid-19 cases. This is a reduction of 7.6 percent from the 66,891 active infections a week ago.

Compared to 30 days ago, the number of active cases has fallen by 47.0 percent from 116,630.

Cluster-linked infections

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

From the 5,403 new cases yesterday, a total of 134 of them could be traced to ongoing Covid-19 clusters.

From the cluster-linked cases, 75 (56.0 percent) were from workplaces while 46 (34.3 percent) were from education institutions.

Another 8 (6.0 percent) were from clusters linked to community transmissions.

The remaining cases were traced to clusters related to and high-risk groups such as old folks homes (5 – 3.7 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 a total of 58 Covid-19 fatalities yesterday (Nov 8), bringing the cumulative death toll to 29,349.

Malaysia has the highest number of deaths per capita in the Asean and East Asian regions with 891 deaths per 1 million population.

From the newly reported deaths yesterday, 13.8 percent or eight died before they could receive treatment at a hospital.

Selangor recorded the highest number of new deaths at 13, making up 22.4 percent of the newly reported fatalities.

Other states with a significant number of newly reported deaths include Sarawak (12). A total of 130 died in Sarawak over the past two weeks – the highest in the country.

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

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

A total of 52 out of the 58 reported deaths or 89.7 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.

An average of 69 Covid-19 deaths were reported daily in the last 30 days compared to the seven-day average of 53, indicating a downward trend.

As of yesterday, there were 61,760 active Covid-19 cases. This is a reduction of 8.1 percent from the 67,233 active infections a week ago.

Compared to 30 days ago, the number of active cases has fallen by 48.6 percent from 120,246.

Cluster-linked infections

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

From the 4,543 new cases yesterday, a total of 80 of them could be traced to ongoing Covid-19 clusters.

From the cluster-linked cases, 63 (78.8 percent) were from workplaces while 10 (12.5 percent) were from education institutions.

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.