COVID-19 | The Health Ministry’s Github data repository reported a total of 95 Covid-19 fatalities yesterday (Oct 28), bringing the cumulative death toll to 28,769.

Malaysia has the highest number of deaths per capita in Asean as well as East Asia with 871 deaths per million population.

From the newly reported deaths yesterday, 25.3 percent or 24 died before they could receive treatment at a hospital.

Sarawak recorded the highest number of new deaths, at 31, making up 32.6 percent of the newly reported fatalities.

The remaining deaths were in Johor (15), Sabah (11), Perak (9), Kelantan (6), Pahang (5), Penang (4), Terengganu (4), Negeri Sembilan (3), Kuala Lumpur (3), Perlis (2), Kedah (1) and Putrajaya (1).

No new deaths were reported in Malacca, Selangor and Labuan.

A total of 81 out of the 95 reported deaths, or 85.3 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 94 Covid-19 deaths was reported daily in the last 30 days compared to the seven-day average of 76, indicating a downward trend.

To date, 2,561 Covid-19 deaths have been reported this month.

A total of 9,680 Covid-19 deaths were reported in September, 7,642 in August, 3,858 in July and 2,380 in June.

As of yesterday, there were 71,358 active Covid-19 cases. This is a reduction of 12.7 percent from the 81,775 active infections a week ago.

Compared to 30 days ago, the number of active cases has fallen by 59.1 percent from 174,493.

Cluster-linked infections

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

From the 6,377 new cases yesterday, a total of 231 of them could be traced to ongoing Covid-19 clusters.

From the cluster-linked cases, 140 (60.6 percent) were from workplaces while 35 (15.2 percent) were from education institutions.

Another 27 (11.7 percent) were from clusters linked to community transmissions.

The remaining cases were traced to clusters related to high-risk groups such as old folks homes (26 – 11.3 percent), religious events (2 – 0.9 percent) and detention centres (1 – 0.4 percent).

Source:Malaysiakini

COVID-19 | The Health Ministry reported 6,377 new Covid-19 cases today, bringing the cumulative infections to 2,454,749.

The new cases were surpassed by a total of 6,637 Covid-19 patients who recovered today. This is expected to help reduce the number of active cases.

Nationally, the number of hospital admissions in the last seven days have declined by 17.0 percent compared to the preceding week.

However, hospital admissions in some states are on the rise, particularly in Terengganu (+82.6 percent), Pahang (+33.2 percent) and Kedah (+22.9 percent).

• Patients in ICU: 564
• Intubated: 294

Beginning Oct 9, the Health Ministry will only publish the latest breakdown of new cases by states after midnight on its CovidNow portal.

The breakdown by states for yesterday (Oct 27), where 6,148 new cases were reported, is as follows:

Selangor (1,222)
Sarawak (780)
Kelantan (612)
Sabah (585)
Johor (555)
Kedah (496)
Pahang (365)
Penang (325)
Terengganu (290)
Kuala Lumpur (273)
Perak (251)
Negeri Sembilan (176)
Malacca (156)
Perlis (42)
Putrajaya (14)
Labuan (6)

Genomic surveillance

Based on the Health Ministry’s genomic surveillance conducted from Oct 20 up to today, a total of 259 samples from Covid-19 patients have been sequenced.

All 259 turned out to be Covid-19 variants of concern – 257 of them were the highly infectious Delta variant, and two were the more vaccine-resistant but less infectious Beta variant.

This shows that the Delta variant remains the dominant variant in Malaysia, after outpacing the previously prevalent Beta variant since June.

The sequencing was carried out by a consortium of five research institutes, namely the Institue for Medical Research (IMR), Universiti Malaya’s medical faculty (FOM-UM) and its Tropical Infectious Diseases Research & Education Centre (Tidrec), UiTM’s Integrative Pharmacogenomics Institute (iPromise UiTM), and the Malaysia Genome Institute (MGI).

Clusters

To date, 474 Covid-19 clusters are still active, including eight new ones.

The ongoing clusters have fallen by 19.8 percent from the 591 active clusters a week ago.

The eight new clusters comprised five workplace clusters (62.5 percent), one high-risk group cluster (12.5 percent), one community cluster (12.5 percent) and one Education Ministry institution cluster (12.5 percent).

Industri Jalan Kemajuan Bangi 2
Category: Workplace
States: Selangor
District(s): Hulu Langat
Initial tests: 29 out of 44 infected (65.9 percent)

Industri Jalan Telok Mengkuang
Category: Workplace
States: Selangor
District(s): Kuala Langat
Initial tests: 15 out of 200 infected (7.5 percent)

Jalan Besi
Category: Workplace
States: Kuala Lumpur
District(s): Lembah Pantai
Initial tests: 8 out of 21 infected (38.1 percent)

Paya Pasir
Category: Workplace
States: Pahang
District(s): Maran
Initial tests: 15 out of 66 infected (22.7 percent)

Industri Banang Jaya
Category: Workplace
States: Johor
District(s): Batu Pahat
Initial tests: 18 out of 67 infected (26.9 percent)

Jalan Batu Gantung
Category: High-risk group
States: Penang
District(s): Timur Laut
Initial tests: 42 out of 57 infected (73.7 percent)

Jalan Marsom
Category: Community
States: Selangor
District(s): Sabak Bernam
Initial tests: 10 out of 22 infected (45.5 percent)

Merinding 2
Category: Education Ministry institution
States: Labuan
District(s): Labuan
Initial tests: 11 out of 498 infected (2.2 percent)

Source:Malaysiakini

COVID-19 | The Health Ministry’s Github data repository reported a total of 98 Covid-19 fatalities yesterday (Oct 27), bringing the cumulative death toll to 28,674.

Malaysia has the highest number of deaths per capita in Asean as well as East Asia with 871 deaths per million population.

From the newly reported deaths yesterday, 32.7 percent or 32 died before they could receive treatment at a hospital.

Sarawak recorded the highest number of new deaths at 29, making up 29.6 percent of the newly reported fatalities.

The remaining deaths were in Perak (11), Kelantan (10), Johor (9), Sabah (9), Kuala Lumpur (6), Malacca (5), Kedah (4), Pahang (4), Negeri Sembilan (3), Penang (3), Terengganu (3), Perlis (1) and Selangor (1).

No new deaths were reported in Labuan and Putrajaya.

A total of 80 out of the 98 reported deaths or 81.6 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 99 Covid-19 deaths were reported daily in the last 30 days compared to the seven-day average of 77, indicating a downward trend.

To date, 2,466 Covid-19 deaths have been reported this month.

A total of 9,680 Covid-19 deaths were reported in September, 7,642 in August, 3,858 in July and 2,380 in June.

As of yesterday, there were 71,713 active Covid-19 cases. This is a reduction of 13.8 percent from the 83,223 active infections a week ago.

Compared to 30 days ago, the number of active cases has fallen by 59.6 percent from 177,561.

Cluster-linked infections

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

From the 6,148 new cases yesterday, a total of 200 of them could be traced to ongoing Covid-19 clusters.

From the cluster-linked cases, 148 (74 percent) were from workplaces while 30 (15 percent) were from community transmissions.

Another 14 (7 percent) were from clusters linked to education institutions.

The remaining cases were traced to clusters related to religious events (5 – 2.5 percent) and high-risk groups such as old folks homes (3 – 1.5 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 84 Covid-19 fatalities yesterday (Oct 26), bringing the cumulative death toll to 28,576.

Malaysia is the four worst-performing country in East Asia in the number of Covid-19 deaths per capita.

From the newly reported deaths yesterday, 23.8 percent or 20 died before they could receive treatment at a hospital.

Sarawak recorded the highest number of new deaths at 19, making up 22.6 percent of the newly reported fatalities.

The remaining deaths were in Sabah (16), Perak (12), Selangor (8), Johor (7), Terengganu (7), Kedah (6), Kelantan (5), Malacca (1), Pahang (1), Penang (1) and Kuala Lumpur (1).

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

A total of 67 out of the 84 reported deaths or 79.8 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 105 Covid-19 deaths were reported daily in the last 30 days compared to the seven-day average of 73, indicating a downtrend.

To date, 2,368 Covid-19 deaths have been reported this month.

A total of 9,680 Covid-19 deaths were reported in September, 7,642 in August, 3,858 in July and 2,380 in June.

As of yesterday, there were 73,258 active Covid-19 cases. This is a reduction of 16.0 percent from the 87,184 active infections a week ago.

Compared to 30 days ago, the number of active cases has fallen by 60.0 percent from 183,290.

Cluster-linked infectons

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

From the 5,726 new cases yesterday, a total of 210 of them could be traced to ongoing Covid-19 clusters.

From the cluster-linked cases, 169 (80.5 percent) were from workplaces while 25 (11.9 percent) were from education institutions.

Another 15 (7.1 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.

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

The Health Ministry today reported 5,726 new Covid-19 cases today, bringing the cumulative cases to 2,444,224.

The new case count has been trending down gradually since late-August and is now at levels not seen since mid-May.

As of yesterday, the R-naught for the country was 0.86. A R-naught of less than 1.00 is desirable because it would suggest that the spread of Covid-19 was decelerating.

At a state level, every state has a R-naught of less than 1.00.

There are 598 confirmed or suspected Covid-19 patients requiring intensive care of which 308 require ventilator support.

The number of Covid-19 patients requiring intensive care has been trending down throughout the country, except in Sarawak.

Daily admission of Covid-19 patients over the past seven days is down 19 percent compared to the preceding week.

However, admission is up in Terengganu (+37 percent) and Penang (+27 percent).

Hospital bed use by Covid-19 patients is generally trending down throughout the country over the past month except in Sarawak where it has remain relatively stable.

Beginning Oct 9, the Health Ministry will only publish daily’s breakdown of new cases by states after midnight on the CovidNow website. For details on the Covid-19 deaths reported yesterday, click here.

Clusters

The Health Ministry is currently monitoring 506 active Covid-19 clusters, down 20.2 percent from a week ago.

Another seven new clusters were announced today:

Industri Jalan Besi Tujuh
Category: Workplace
States: Johor
District(s): Kulai
Initial tests: 9 out of 63 infected (14.3 percent)

Jalan Bacang Tampoi
Category: Workplace
States: Johor
District(s): Johor Bahru
Initial tests: 7 out of 21 infected (33.3 percent)

Dah Jalan Raya
Category: Workplace
States: Kedah
District(s): Bandar Baharu
Initial tests: 11 out of 34 infected (32.4 percent)

Industri Jalan Elkay Utama 2
Category: Workplace
States: Malacca
District(s): Jasin
Initial tests: 75 out of 163 infected (46.0 percent)

Industri Jalan Tepi Sungai
Category: Workplace
States: Perak
District(s): Hilir Perak
Initial tests: 14 out of 281 infected (5.0 percent)

Kimolohing
Category: Community
States: Sabah
District(s): Ranau
Initial tests: 49 out of 58 infected (84.5 percent)

Jalan Seremban Tiga
Category: Pendidikan Tinggi
States: Negeri Sembilan
District(s): Seremban

Source:Malaysiakini

COVID-19 | The Health Ministry’s Github data repository reported a total of 92 Covid-19 fatalities yesterday (Oct 25), bringing the cumulative death toll to 28,492.

Malaysia is the four worst-performing country in Asia in the number of Covid-19 deaths per capita after countries in the Middle East – Iran, Lebanon and Jordan.

From the newly-reported deaths yesterday, 12 percent or 11 died before they could receive treatment at a hospital.

Johor recorded the highest number of new deaths at 20, making up 21.7 percent of the newly reported fatalities.

The remaining deaths were in Penang (14), Sarawak (14), Kelantan (12), Perak (8), Sabah (8), Selangor (4), Negeri Sembilan (3), Kuala Lumpur (3), Kedah (2), Malacca (2) and Terengganu (2).

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

A total of 78 out of the 92 reported deaths or 84.8 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 111 Covid-19 deaths were reported daily in the last 30 days compared to the seven-day average of 71, indicating a downward trend.

To date, 2,284 Covid-19 deaths have been reported this month.

A total of 9,680 Covid-19 deaths were reported in September, 7,642 in August, 3,858 in July and 2,380 in June.

As of yesterday, there were 73,223 active Covid-19 cases. This is a reduction of 19 percent from the 90,441 active infections a week ago.

Compared to 30 days ago, the number of active cases has fallen by 61.8 percent from 191,435.

Cluster-linked infections

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

From the 4,782 new cases yesterday, a total of 109 of them could be traced to ongoing Covid-19 clusters.

From the cluster-linked cases, 66 (60.6 percent) were from workplaces while 21 (19.3 percent) were from education institutions.

Another 12 (11 percent) were from clusters linked to community transmissions.

The remaining cases were traced to clusters related to religious events (5 – 4.6 percent) and high-risk groups such as old folks homes (5 – 4.6 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 4,782 new Covid-19 cases, bringing the cumulative infections to 2,436,498.

The new case count today is the lowest in 125 days, since June 22.

Nationally, the number of hospital admissions in the last seven days have declined by 10.6 percent compared to the preceding week.

However, hospital admissions in some states are on the rise, particularly in Penang (+34 percent), Terengganu (+29.6 percent) and Kedah (+11.9 percent), according to the CovidNow website.

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

The breakdown by states for yesterday (Oct 24), where 5,666 new cases were reported, is as follow:

Selangor (1,078)
Sarawak (754)
Johor (566)
Sabah (502)
Kelantan (469)
Kedah (421)
Perak (349)
Penang (279)
Terengganu (277)
Malacca (262)
Pahang (252)
Negeri Sembilan (218)
Kuala Lumpur (162)
Perlis (40)
Putrajaya (30)
Labuan (7)

There are currently 607 Covid-19 patients in intensive care of which 300 require ventilator support.

As of today, the number of Covid-19 patients, including suspected ones, in the intensive care unit (ICU) is 10.6 percent lower compared to a week ago.

Those who require intubation have also declined by 13.5 percent from a week ago.

The Health Ministry reported that it is monitoring 528 active Covid-19 clusters, down 19.5 percent from the 656 active clusters a week ago.

Another six new clusters were classified today:

Sri Kota Pontian
Category: Workplace
States: Johor
District(s): Pontian
Initial tests: 16 out of 79 infected (20.3 percent)

Jalan Latar Puri
Category: Workplace
States: Johor
District(s): Muar
Initial tests: 9 out of 24 infected (37.5 percent)

Jalan Pak Mayong
Category: Workplace
States: Kelantan
District(s): Pasir Puteh, Bachok, and Kota Bharu
Initial tests: 6 out of 16 infected (37.5 percent)

Dah Damai
Category: Community
States: Kedah
District(s): Kubang Pasu
Initial tests: 15 out of 16 infected (93.8 percent)

Dah Merbok
Category: Education Ministry institution
States: Kedah
District(s): Kuala Muda
Initial tests: 18 out of 179 infected (10.1 percent)

Jalan Labohan
Category: Higher education institution
States: Selangor
District(s): Sepang and Gombak
Initial tests: 9 out of 111 infected (8.1 percent)

Source:Malaysiakini