COVID-19 | The Health Ministry’s Github data repository reported a total of 46 Covid-19 fatalities yesterday (Oct 24), bringing the cumulative death toll to 28,400.

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, 26.1 percent or 12 died before they could receive treatment at a hospital.

Kedah recorded the highest number of new deaths at 8, making up 17.4 percent of the newly reported fatalities.

The remaining deaths were in Sarawak (8), Perak (6), Johor (5), Sabah (4), Selangor (4), Terengganu (4), Penang (3), Kelantan (2) and Negeri Sembilan (2).

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

A total of 39 out of the 46 reported deaths or 84.8 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 116 Covid-19 deaths were reported daily in the last 30 days, compared to the seven-day average of 68, indicating a downtrend.

To date, 2,192 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 75,947 active Covid-19 cases. This is a reduction of 18.8 percent from the 93,514 active infections a week ago.

Compared to 30 days ago, the number of active cases has fallen by 61.2 percent from 195,838.

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

From the 5,666 new cases yesterday, a total of 148 of them could be traced to ongoing Covid-19 clusters.

From the cluster-linked cases, 91 (61.5 percent) were from workplaces while 37 (25.0 percent) were from community transmissions.

Another 10 (6.8 percent) were from clusters linked to high-risk groups such as old folks homes.

The remaining cases were traced to clusters related to religious events (7 – 4.7 percent) and education institutions (3 – 2.0 percent).

Previously, the Health Ministry released deaths statistics together with the number of new Covid-19 cases in the evening. This has 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 5,666 new Covid-19 cases today, bringing the cumulative infections to 2,431,716.

The fresh infections comprised 5,463 Malaysians (96.4 percent) and 203 non-citizens (3.6 percent).

They were surpassed by a total of 6,978 Covid-19 patients who recovered today. This is expected to help reduce the number of active cases.

• Patients in ICU: 601
• Intubated: 299

The number of Covid-19 patients (including suspected ones) in the intensive care unit (ICU) is 12.6 percent lower compared to a week ago.

Those who require intubation have also declined by 14.1 percent from a week ago.

Nationally, the number of hospital admissions in the last seven days have declined by 11.9 percent compared to the preceding week.

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

The breakdown by states for yesterday (Oct 23), where 5,828 new cases were reported, is as follows:

Selangor (1,039)
Sabah (592)
Sarawak (587)
Kelantan (544)
Johor (503)
Perak (411)
Terengganu (398)
Kedah (345)
Penang (338)
Pahang (335)
Kuala Lumpur (252)
Malacca (223)
Negeri Sembilan (199)
Perlis (39)
Putrajaya (20)
Labuan (3)

Clusters

Some 539 Covid-19 clusters are still active, including three new clusters reported today.

The ongoing clusters have fallen by 20.3 percent from the 676 active clusters a week ago.

The three new ones comprised a workplace cluster, high-risk group cluster and community cluster respectively.

Ladang Jalan Kluang
Category: Workplace
States: Johor
District(s): Kluang
Initial tests: 17 out of 165 infected (10.3 percent)

Jalan Sutera Kuning
Category: High-risk group
States: Johor
District(s): Johor Bahru
Initial tests: 10 out of 34 infected (29.4 percent)

Jalan Lama Tebuk Marso
Category: Community
States: Selangor
District(s): Sabak Bernam
Initial tests: 15 out of 35 infected (42.9 percent)

Source:Malaysiakini

COVID-19 | The Health Ministry’s Github data repository reported 42 Covid-19 fatalities yesterday (Oct 23), bringing the cumulative death toll to 28,354.

This is the lowest number of daily reported deaths in more than five months. On May 13, 38 deaths were recorded.

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

From the newly reported deaths yesterday, 23.8 percent or 10 died before they could receive treatment at a hospital.

Malaysia is the third worst-performing country in Asia in the number of Covid-19 deaths per capita after Iran and Lebanon.

Sarawak recorded the highest number of new deaths at 17, making 40.5 percent of the newly reported fatalities.

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

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

A total of 35 out of the 42 reported deaths or 83.3 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 122 Covid-19 deaths was reported daily in the last 30 days compared to 71 in the last seven days, indicating a downtrend.

To date, 2,146 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 77,305 active Covid-19 cases. This is a reduction of 20.0 percent from 96,663 active infections a week ago.

Compared to 30 days ago, the number of active cases has fallen by 61.0 percent from 198,285.

Cluster data

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

From the 5,828 new cases yesterday, 256 of them could be traced to ongoing Covid-19 clusters.

From the cluster-linked cases, 162 (63.3 percent) were from workplaces while 68 (26.6 percent) were from community transmissions.

Another 12 (4.7 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 – 3.1 percent) and religious events (6 – 2.3 percent).

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

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

Source:Malaysiakini

COVID-19 | The Health Ministry reported 5,828 new Covid-19 cases today, bringing the cumulative infections to 2,426,050.

Notably, there were only two new clusters.

The fresh infections comprised 5,569 Malaysians (95.6 percent) and 259 non-citizens (4.4 percent).

They were surpassed by a total of 9,178 Covid-19 patients who recovered today. This is expected to help reduce the number of active cases.

• Patients in ICU: 620
• Intubated: 297

The number of Covid-19 patients (including suspected ones) in the intensive care unit (ICU) is 10.7 percent lower compared to a week ago.

Those who require intubation have also declined by 13.7 percent from a week ago.

Nationally, the number of hospital admissions in the last seven days have declined by 12.3 percent compared to the preceding week.

However, in Sarawak, hospitalisation is up 8 percent compared to the previous week, according to the CovidNow website.

Generally, new cases across the country are steadily decreasing as an R-naught of 0.87 was recorded yesterday. An R-naught of less than 1.00 suggests that the spread of Covid-19 is decelerating.

The only region with an R-naught of above 1.00 is Kuala Lumpur.

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

The breakdown by states yesterday (Oct 22), when 6,630 new cases were reported, is:

Selangor (1,322)
Sarawak (750)
Sabah (641)
Kelantan (589)
Johor (548)
Penang (440)
Terengganu (439)
Kedah (432)
Perak (381)
Kuala Lumpur (322)
Pahang (302)
Negeri Sembilan (192)
Malacca (183)
Putrajaya (44)
Perlis (43)
Labuan (2)

Clusters

To date, 557 Covid-19 clusters are still active, including two new ones reported today.

The ongoing clusters have fallen by 20.7 percent from the 702 active clusters a week ago.

The two new ones are both workplace clusters.

Jalan Sentol Kluang
Category: Workplace
States: Johor
District(s): Kluang
Initial tests: 10 out of 63 infected (15.9 percent)

Blok 03
Category: Workplace
States: Sabah
District(s): Kinabatangan
Initial tests: 19 out of 55 infected (34.5 percent)

Source:Malaysiakini

COVID-19 | The Health Ministry’s Github data repository reported a total of 78 Covid-19 fatalities yesterday (Oct 22), bringing the cumulative death toll to 28,312.

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

From the newly reported deaths yesterday, 21.8 percent or 17 died before they could receive treatment at a hospital. There were 43 deaths among fully vaccinated people.

Sarawak recorded the highest number of new deaths at 17, making up 21.8 percent of the newly reported fatalities.

The remaining deaths were in Perak (11), Selangor (11), Penang (10), Johor (9), Sabah (7), Kedah (6), Negeri Sembilan (3), Kelantan (2), Perlis (1) and Terengganu (1).

No new deaths were reported in Malacca, Pahang, Kuala Lumpur, Labuan and Putrajaya.

Perlis, Sarawak and Penang had the most deaths per million people over the past two weeks, according to the CovidNow website.

A total of 68 out of the 78 reported deaths or 87.2 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 125 Covid-19 deaths were reported daily in the last 30 days compared to the seven-day average of 77, indicating a downtrend.

To date, 2,104 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 80,697 active Covid-19 cases. This is a reduction of 18.3 percent from the 98,773 active infections a week ago.

Compared to 30 days ago, the number of active cases has fallen by 59.9 percent from 201,275.

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 96 Covid-19 fatalities yesterday (Oct 21), bringing the cumulative death toll to 28,234.

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

From the newly reported deaths yesterday, 21.9 percent or 21 died before they could receive treatment at a hospital.

Sarawak recorded the highest number of new deaths at 21, making up 21.9 percent of the newly reported fatalities.

The remaining deaths were in Sabah (16), Perak (14), Kelantan (13), Selangor (12), Johor (8), Penang (6), Pahang (2), Terengganu (2), Kedah (1) and Perlis (1).

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

A total of 74 out of the 96 reported deaths or 77.1 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 139 Covid-19 deaths was reported daily in the last 30 days compared to the seven-day average of 79, indicating a downtrend.

To date, 2,026 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.

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

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

From the 6,210 new cases yesterday, a total of 303 of them could be traced to ongoing Covid-19 clusters.

From the cluster-linked cases, 193 (63.7 percent) were from workplaces while 66 (21.8 percent) were from community transmissions.

Another 19 (6.3 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 (19 – 6.3 percent) and religious events (6 – 2.0 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 76 Covid-19 fatalities yesterday (Oct 20), bringing the cumulative death toll to 28,138.

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

From the newly reported deaths yesterday, 18.4 percent or 14 died before they could receive treatment at a hospital.

Sarawak recorded the highest number of new deaths at 12, making up 15.8 percent of the newly reported fatalities.

The remaining deaths were in Johor (11), Sabah (10), Kedah (9), Penang (8), Selangor (6), Perak (5), Pahang (4), Terengganu (4), Kelantan (3), Malacca (2), Negeri Sembilan (1) and Perlis (1).

No new deaths were reported in Kuala Lumpur, Labuan and Putrajaya.

A total of 61 out of the 76 reported deaths or 80.3 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 146 Covid-19 deaths was reported daily in the last 30 days, compared to the seven-day average of 78, indicating a downtrend.

To date, 1,930 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 81,955 active Covid-19 cases. This is a reduction of 22.7 percent from the 106,047 active infections a week ago.

Compared to 30 days ago, the number of active cases has fallen by 60.5 percent from 207,699.

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

From the 5,516 new cases yesterday, a total of 206 of them could be traced to ongoing Covid-19 clusters.

From the cluster-linked cases, 143 (69.4 percent) were from workplaces while 34 (16.5 percent) were from community transmissions.

Another 19 (9.2 percent) were from clusters linked to high-risk groups, such as old folks homes.

The remaining cases were traced to clusters related to and education institutions (10 – 4.9 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 5,516 new Covid-19 cases today, bringing cumulative infections to 2,407,382.

Notably, only four new clusters were classified by the ministry, unlike the past few months when daily new clusters were always in the double digits.

This follows yesterday’s reported tally of 5,745 cases and Monday’s 5,434 which were the lowest in 112 days since June 28.

As of today, the number of Covid-19 patients (including suspected ones) in the intensive care unit (ICU) is 7.3 percent lower compared to a week ago.

Those who require intubation have also declined by 12.4 percent from a week earlier.

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 (Oct 19) is as follows:

Selangor (888)
Sarawak (749)
Sabah (695)
Johor (649)
Kelantan (597)
Penang (393)
Kedah (352)
Perak (341)
Terengganu (281)
Kuala Lumpur (259)
Pahang (223)
Malacca (168)
Negeri Sembilan (114)
Putrajaya (29)
Perlis (5)
Labuan (2)

As of yesterday, the R-naught for Malaysia was 0.88. An R-naught of less than 1.00 is desirable because it suggests the spread of Covid-19 is decelerating.

The only regions where the R-naught is above 1.00 are Kuala Lumpur, Negeri Sembilan and Putrajaya.

Clusters

The Health Ministry is monitoring 614 active Covid-19 clusters. The number of active Covid-19 clusters have dropped 19.4 percent since last week.

The four new clusters are:

Industri Jalan KPB Tujuh
Category: Workplace
States: Selangor
District(s): Hulu Langat
Initial tests: 13 out of 13 infected (100 percent)

Industri Jalan P/1
Category: Workplace
States: Selangor
District(s): Hulu Langat, Petaling, Sepang, and Klang
Initial tests: 63 out of 499 infected (12.6 percent)

Lorong Jelawat Satu
Category: Workplace
States: Penang
District(s): Seberang Perai Tengah and Seberang Perai Utara
Initial tests: 14 out of 97 infected (14.4 percent)

Jalan Setiawangsa Sepuluh
Category: Non-Education Ministry institution
States: Kuala Lumpur
District(s): Titiwangsa
Initial tests: 7 out of 31 infected (22.6 percent)

Source:Malaysiakini

COVID-19 | The Health Ministry’s Github data repository reported a total of 72 Covid-19 fatalities yesterday (Oct 18), bringing the cumulative death toll to 27,993.

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

From the newly reported deaths yesterday, 12.5 percent or 9 died before they could receive treatment at a hospital.

Johor recorded the highest number of new deaths at 18, making up 25.0 percent of the newly reported fatalities.

The remaining deaths were in Sarawak (13), Kedah (9), Penang (7), Sabah (5), Kelantan (4), Perak (3), Terengganu (3), Kuala Lumpur (3), Malacca (2), Pahang (2), Selangor (2) and Perlis (1).

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

A total of 64 out of the 72 reported deaths or 88.9 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 164 Covid-19 deaths were reported daily in the last 30 days compared to the seven-day average of 82, indicating a downtrend.

To date, 1,785 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 89,173 active Covid-19 cases. This is a reduction of 20.6 percent from the 112,379 active infections a week ago.

Compared to 30 days ago, the number of active cases has fallen by 59.3 percent from 219,360.

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

From the 5,434 new cases yesterday, a total of 356 of them could be traced to ongoing Covid-19 clusters.

From the cluster-linked cases, 239 (67.1 percent) were from workplaces while 45 (12.6 percent) were from community transmissions.

Another 34 (9.6 percent) were from clusters linked to education institutions.

The remaining cases were traced to clusters related to high-risk groups such as old folks homes (24 – 6.7 percent) and religious events (14 – 3.9 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