COVID-19 | The Health Ministry reported 5,745 new Covid-19 cases today, bringing the cumulative infections to 2,401,866.

This is the second day in a row where cases have been below the 6,000 mark.

The fresh infections today comprised 5,443 Malaysians (94.7 percent) and 302 non-citizens (5.3 percent).

They were surpassed by a total of 8,933 Covid-19 patients who recovered today. This is expected to help reduce the number of active cases.

• Patients in ICU: 682
• Intubated: 331

As of today, the number of Covid-19 patients (including suspected ones) in the intensive care unit (ICU) is 7.6 percent lower compared to a week ago.

Those who require intubation have also declined by 14.2 percent from a week ago.

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

The breakdown by states for yesterday (Oct 18), where 5,434 new cases were reported, is as follows:

Selangor (800)
Johor (698)
Sarawak (694)
Kelantan (643)
Sabah (497)
Perak (363)
Kedah (324)
Terengganu (311)
Pahang (253)
Penang (232)
Kuala Lumpur (223)
Malacca (211)
Negeri Sembilan (151)
Perlis (18)
Putrajaya (14)
Labuan (2)

Clusters

To date, 634 Covid-19 clusters are still active, including eight new clusters reported today.

The ongoing clusters have fallen by 19.0 percent from the 783 active clusters a week ago.

The eight new clusters today comprised seven workplace clusters (87.5 percent) and one education institution cluster (12.5 percent).

Industri Jalan Johan 2/5
Category: Workplace
States: Perak
District(s): Kinta
Initial tests: 11 out of 301 infected (3.7 percent)

Industri Dataran Kledang Empat
Category: Workplace
States: Perak
District(s): Kinta
Initial tests: 27 out of 31 infected (87.1 percent)

Jalan Woo Saik Hong
Category: Workplace
States: Perak
District(s): Hilir Perak
Initial tests: 19 out of 29 infected (65.5 percent)

Industri Lorong Perak Tiga
Category: Workplace
States: Selangor
District(s): Kuala Langat
Initial tests: 15 out of 63 infected (23.8 percent)

Industri Dua Pulau Meranti
Category: Workplace
States: Selangor
District(s): Sepang
Initial tests: 13 out of 54 infected (24.1 percent)

Jalan Kilang Kluang
Category: Workplace
States: Johor
District(s): Kluang
Initial tests: 13 out of 157 infected (8.3 percent)

Laluan Persekutuan Sempalit
Category: Workplace
States: Pahang
District(s): Raub
Initial tests: 32 out of 129 infected (24.8 percent)

Jalan Springhill 10
Category: Non-Education Ministry institution
States: Negeri Sembilan
District(s): Port Dickson
Initial tests: 33 out of 94 infected (35.1 percent)

Source:Malaysiakini

COVID-19 | The Health Ministry’s Github data repository reported a total of 63 Covid-19 fatalities yesterday (Oct 17), bringing the cumulative death toll to 27,921.

This is the lowest number of reported deaths in 105 days. Nevertheless, Malaysia is the worst-performing country in Asia in the number of Covid-19 deaths per capita.

From the newly reported deaths yesterday, 17.5 percent or 11 died before they could receive treatment at a hospital.

Sarawak recorded the highest number of new deaths at 13, making up 20.6 percent of the newly reported fatalities.

The remaining deaths were in Johor (9), Sabah (7), Selangor (6), Perak (5), Kedah (4), Malacca (4), Penang (4), Kuala Lumpur (3), Kelantan (2), Pahang (2), Perlis (2), Negeri Sembilan (1) and Terengganu (1).

No new deaths were reported in Labuan and Putrajaya.

A total of 53 out of the 63 reported deaths or 84.1 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 173 Covid-19 deaths were reported daily in the last 30 days compared to the seven-day average of 85, indicating a downtrend.

To date, 1,713 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 92,246 active Covid-19 cases. This is a reduction of 20.9 percent from the 116,596 active infections a week ago.

Compared to 30 days ago, the number of active cases has fallen by 58.3 percent from 221,340.

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

From the 6,145 new cases yesterday, a total of 402 of them could be traced to ongoing Covid-19 clusters.

From the cluster-linked cases, 231 (57.5 percent) were from workplaces while 140 (34.8 percent) were from community transmissions.

Another 14 (3.5 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 (12 – 3.0 percent) and detention centres (5 – 1.2 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 today reported 6,145 new Covid-19 cases, bringing the cumulative infections to 2,390,687.

The number of fresh infections today is the lowest in 105 days, since July 4.

They comprised 5,763 Malaysians (93.8 percent) and 382 non-citizens (6.2 percent).

They were surpassed by a total of 9,231 Covid-19 patients who recovered today. This is expected to help reduce the number of active cases.

Patients in ICU: 682
Intubated: 350

As of today, the number of Covid-19 patients (including suspected ones) in the intensive care unit (ICU) is 10.1 percent lower compared to a week ago.

Those who require intubation have also declined by 14.2 percent from a week ago.

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

The breakdown by states for yesterday (Oct 16), where 7,509 new cases were reported, is as follows:

Selangor (1,744)
Sarawak (1,055)
Johor (753)
Kelantan (688)
Sabah (639)
Penang (411)
Kedah (403)
Terengganu (383)
Perak (307)
Pahang (301)
Malacca (261)
Kuala Lumpur (259)
Negeri Sembilan (236)
Putrajaya (37)
Perlis (30)
Labuan (2)

Clusters

To date, 676 Covid-19 clusters are still active, including nine new clusters reported today.

The ongoing clusters have fallen by 16.5 percent from the 810 active clusters a week ago.

The nine new clusters today comprised six workplace clusters (66.7 percent), two community clusters (22.2 percent) and one high-risk group cluster (11.1 percent).

Industri Sri Sulong 16
Category: Workplace
States: Johor
District(s): Batu Pahat
Initial tests: 30 out of 98 infected (30.6 percent)

Industri Parit Sikom
Category: Workplace
States: Johor
District(s): Pontian
Initial tests: 43 out of 290 infected (14.8 percent)

Industri Jalan Lagenda Sembilan
Category: Workplace
States: Johor
District(s): Kulai
Initial tests: 9 out of 37 infected (24.3 percent)

Jalan Tasek Sungai Bakap
Category: Workplace
States: Penang
District(s): Seberang Perai Selatan and Seberang Perai Tengah
Initial tests: 33 out of 62 infected (53.2 percent)

Jalan PC 10
Category: Workplace
States: Perak
District(s): Muallim
Initial tests: 52 out of 80 infected (65.0 percent)

Industri Jalan Sawit Baru
Category: Workplace
States: Johor
District(s): Kulai
Initial tests: 8 out of 50 infected (16.0 percent)

Lorong Bersyarat
Category: Community
States: Kelantan
District(s): Kota Bharu and Pasir Mas
Initial tests: 12 out of 15 infected (80.0 percent)

Mampas Seberang
Category: Community
States: Negeri Sembilan
District(s): Kuala Pilah
Initial tests: 38 out of 72 infected (52.8 percent)

Jalan Harvey
Category: High-risk group
States: Perak
District(s): Manjung
Initial tests: 21 out of 32 infected (65.6 percent)

Source:Malaysiakini

COVID-19 | The Health Ministry’s Github data repository reported a total of 88 Covid-19 fatalities yesterday (Oct 16), bringing the cumulative death toll to 27,858.

The daily reported deaths have been above 80 for three consecutive days. Malaysia is the worst-performing country in Asia in the number of Covid-19 deaths per capita.

From the newly reported deaths yesterday, 29.5 percent or 26 died before they could receive treatment at a hospital.

Johor recorded the highest number of new deaths at 33, making up 37.5 percent of the newly reported fatalities.

The remaining deaths were in Sarawak (14), Sabah (12), Penang (8), Negeri Sembilan (4), Perak (4), Malacca (3), Kedah (2), Perlis (2), Selangor (2), Terengganu (2), Pahang (1) and Kuala Lumpur (1).

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

A total of 62 out of the 88 reported deaths, or 70.5 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 183 Covid-19 deaths was reported daily in the last 30 days compared to the seven-day average of 85, indicating a downtrend.

To date, 1,650 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 95,395 active Covid-19 cases. This is a reduction of 20.7 percent from the 120,246 active infections a week ago.

Compared to 30 days ago, the number of active cases has fallen by 58.0 percent from 227,121.

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

From the 7,509 new cases yesterday, 327 could be traced to ongoing clusters.

From the cluster-linked cases, 153 (46.8 percent) were from workplaces while 67 (20.5 percent) were from education institutions.

Another 64 (19.6 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 (40 – 12.2 percent) and detention centres (3 – 0.9 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 7,509 new Covid-19 cases today, bringing the cumulative infections to 2,384,542.

They were surpassed by 9,531 recoveries.

• Patients in ICU: 695
• Intubated: 347

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 17.0 percent from a week ago.

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 15), where 7,420 new cases were reported, is as follows:

Selangor (1,163)
Sarawak (1,009)
Kelantan (838)
Johor (787)
Sabah (720)
Penang (539)
Kedah (428)
Terengganu (426)
Pahang (356)
Perak (302)
Malacca (289)
Kuala Lumpur (265)
Negeri Sembilan (199)
Perlis (54)
Putrajaya (39)
Labuan (6)

The new Covid-19 cases yesterday saw a slight uptick in Negeri Sembilan and Putrajaya where fresh infections were the highest in a week but are still significantly improved from previous highs.

Selangor and Sarawak remain the top two states in terms of fresh infections.

Clusters

To date, 702 Covid-19 clusters are still active, including 9 new clusters reported today.

The ongoing clusters have fallen by 16.9 percent from the 845 active clusters a week ago.

The 9 new clusters today comprised four workplace clusters (44.4 percent), two non-education ministry institution clusters (22.2 percent), one education ministry institution cluster (11.1 percent), one community cluster (11.1 percent) and one high-risk group cluster (11.1 percent).

Industri Jalan Idaman Tiga
Category: Workplace
States: Johor
District(s): Kulai
Initial tests: 7 out of 170 infected (4.1 percent)

Batu Tiga Kluang
Category: Workplace
States: Johor
District(s): Kluang
Initial tests: 46 out of 264 infected (17.4 percent)

Industri Bunga Tanjung Dua 2
Category: Workplace
States: Negeri Sembilan
District(s): Seremban and Rembau
Initial tests: 22 out of 252 infected (8.7 percent)

Industri Dua Jalan Bestari Satu
Category: Workplace
States: Selangor
District(s): Klang
Initial tests: 26 out of 53 infected (49.1 percent)

Kampung Sekolah Juru
Category: Non-Education Ministry institution
States: Penang
District(s): Seberang Perai Tengah
Initial tests: 11 out of 49 infected (22.4 percent)

Dah Bukit Berangan
Category: Non-Education Ministry institution
States: Kedah
District(s): Padang Terap
Initial tests: 48 out of 50 infected (96.0 percent)

Jalan Hospital Lati
Category: Education Ministry institution
States: Kelantan
District(s): Pasir Mas
Initial tests: 9 out of 13 infected (69.2 percent)

Bukit Sapi
Category: Community
States: Perak
District(s): Hulu Perak
Initial tests: 18 out of 23 infected (78.3 percent)

Jalan Denai Dua
Category: High-risk group
States: Johor
District(s): Johor Bahru
Initial tests: 30 out of 38 infected (78.9 percent)

Source:Malaysiakini

COVID-19 | The Health Ministry reported 7,420 new Covid-19 cases today, bringing the cumulative case count to 2,377,033.

They were surpassed by a total of 11,413 Covid-19 patients who recovered today. This is expected to help reduce the number of active cases.

• Patients in ICU: 700
• Intubated: 364

The breakdown by states for yesterday (Oct 14), where 8,084 new cases were reported, is as follows:

Selangor (1,630)
Sarawak (1,061)
Kelantan (896)
Johor (804)
Sabah (691)
Penang (587)
Terengganu (452)
Kedah (416)
Perak (409)
Kuala Lumpur (304)
Pahang (289)
Malacca (255)
Negeri Sembilan (184)
Perlis (82)
Putrajaya (24)
Labuan (0)

As of yesterday, the R-naught for Malaysia has stood at 0.88 for four consecutive days. A R-naught of less than 1.00 suggests that the spread of Covid-19 is decelerating.

The only states with an R-naught of more than 1.00 are Negeri Sembilan and Putrajaya.

Clusters

To date, 721 Covid-19 clusters are still active, including 13 new clusters reported today.

The ongoing clusters have fallen by 17.5 percent from the 874 active clusters a week ago.

The 13 new clusters today comprised nine workplace clusters (69.2 percent), three community clusters (23.1 percent) and one cluster involving an educational facility that is not under the Education Ministry’s jurisdiction (7.7 percent).

Nadim
Category: Workplace
States: Johor
District(s): Kota Tinggi
Initial tests: 10 out of 580 infected (1.7 percent)

Industri Jalan Kapal Layar
Category: Workplace
States: Johor
District(s): Batu Pahat
Initial tests: 10 out of 30 infected (33.3 percent)

Dah Bukit Pinang
Category: Workplace
States: Kedah
District(s): Kota Setar
Initial tests: 11 out of 33 infected (33.3 percent)

Batu Lima Sunggala
Category: Workplace
States: Negeri Sembilan
District(s): Port Dickson
Initial tests: 52 out of 242 infected (21.5 percent)

Jeti Jalan Selancar
Category: WorkplaceStates: Pahang
District(s): Rompin
Initial tests: 34 out of 43 infected (79.1 percent)

Industri Bukit Minyak Bukit Mertajam
Category: Workplace
States: Penang
District(s): Seberang Perai Tengah and Seberang Perai Selatan
Initial tests: 18 out of 28 infected (64.3 percent)

Industri Perabot Olak Lempit 2
Category: Workplace
States: Selangor
District(s): Kuala Langat and Hulu Langat
Initial tests: 45 out of 344 infected (13.1 percent)

Industri Tiga Jalan Kasawari
Category: Workplace
States: Selangor
District(s): Kuala Langat
Initial tests: 20 out of 65 infected (30.8 percent)

Industri Dua Jalan Padang Gajah
Category: Workplace
States: Selangor
District(s): Kuala Selangor
Initial tests: 5 out of 100 infected (5.0 percent)

Taman Makmur
Category: Community
States: Kelantan
District(s): Kota Bharu
Initial tests: 15 out of 21 infected (71.4 percent)

Kampung Sentoi
Category: Community
States: Pahang
District(s): Lipis
Initial tests: 14 out of 104 infected (13.5 percent)

Kampung Banting
Category: Community
States: Selangor
District(s): Sabak Bernam
Initial tests: 12 out of 27 infected (44.4 percent)

Persiaran Perdana
Category: Non-Education Ministry institution
States: Putrajaya
District(s): Putrajaya
Initial tests: 11 out of 33 infected (33.3 percent)

Source:Malaysiakini

COVID-19 | The Health Ministry’s Github data repository reported a total of 88 Covid-19 fatalities yesterday (Oct 14), bringing the cumulative death toll to 27,681.

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

The highest death was reported in Sarawak (19) followed by Johor (15), Sabah (15), Perak (8), Selangor (7), Kelantan (6), Penang (5), Kedah (4), Kuala Lumpur (4), Terengganu (2), Malacca (1), Pahang (1) and Putrajaya (1).

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

According to the Health Ministry’s CovidNow website, over the past two weeks, Perlis has the highest death per one million people followed by Penang and Sarawak.

From the newly reported deaths yesterday, 22 died before they could receive treatment at a hospital or were “brought in dead (BID)” based on Health Ministry terminology.

A total of 82 out of the 88 reported deaths or 93.2 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 203 Covid-19 deaths were reported daily in the last 30 days compared to a past seven-day average of 81, indicating a downtrend.

To date, 1,473 Covid-19 deaths have been reported this month.

As of yesterday, there were 101,587 active Covid-19 cases. This is a reduction of 21.3 percent from the 129,050 active infections a week ago.

Compared to 30 days ago, the number of active cases has fallen by 54.9 percent from 225,278.

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 68 Covid-19 fatalities yesterday (Oct 13), bringing the cumulative death toll to 27,593.

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

From the newly reported deaths yesterday, 17.6 percent or 12 died before they could receive treatment at a hospital.

Sarawak recorded the highest number of new deaths at 16, making up 23.5 percent of the newly reported fatalities.

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

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

This meant that three of the 68 fatalities were in the Klang Valley.

A total of 59 out of the 68 reported deaths or 86.8 percent occurred 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 216 Covid-19 deaths were reported daily in the last 30 days, compared to the seven-day average of 87, indicating a downward trend.

To date, 1,385 Covid-19 deaths have been reported this month.

As of yesterday, there were 106,047 active Covid-19 cases. This is a reduction of 19.8 percent from the 132,176 active infections a week ago.

Compared to 30 days ago, the number of active cases has fallen by 53.5 percent from 228,125.

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

From the 7,950 new cases yesterday, a total of 500 of them could be traced to ongoing Covid-19 clusters.

From the cluster-linked cases, 193 (38.6 percent) were from workplaces while 95 (19.0 percent) were from community transmissions.

Another 78 (15.6 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 (66 – 13.2 percent), detention centres (44 – 8.8 percent) and religious events (24 – 4.8 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