COVID-19 | The Health Ministry today reported 7,950 new Covid-19 cases today, bringing the cumulative infections to 2,361,529.

They were surpassed by a total of 10,832 Covid-19 patients who recovered today. This is expected to help reduce the number of active cases.

• · Patients in ICU: 725
• · Intubated: 380

As of today, the number of Covid-19 patients (including suspected ones) in the intensive care unit (ICU) is 14.0 percent lower compared to a week ago.

Those who require intubation have also declined by 14.0 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 12), where 7,276 new cases were reported, is as follow:

Selangor (1,302)
Kelantan (1,028)
Sarawak (834)
Sabah (707)
Johor (665)
Kedah (517)
Terengganu (420)
Penang (406)
Pahang (384)
Perak (336)
Kuala Lumpur (253)
Malacca (195)
Negeri Sembilan (138)
Perlis (57)
Putrajaya (32)
Labuan (2)

As of yesterday, the R-naught for the country is 0.88. A R-naught of less than 1.00 is good because it suggests that the spread of Covid-19 was decelerating.

The only regions where the R-naught was above 1.00 are Putrajaya, Negeri Sembilan and Perlis.

However, hospital bed use by Covid-19 patients is generally trending down over the past months, except in Sarawak. [See chart below]

Clusters

To date, 762 Covid-19 clusters are still active, including 13 new clusters reported today.

The ongoing clusters have fallen by 18.2 percent from the 932 active clusters a week ago.

The 13 new clusters today comprised six workplace clusters (46.2 percent), three community clusters (23.1 percent), one private educational institution (7.7 percent), one non-education ministry institution (7.7 percent), one high-risk group cluster (7.7 percent) and one detention centre cluster (7.7 percent).

Industri Jalan Zurah Lima
Category: Workplace
States: Selangor
District(s): Hulu Selangor
Initial tests: 42 out of 100 infected (42.0 percent)

Industri Jalan Sembilan Olak Lempit
Category: Workplace
States: Selangor
District(s): Kuala Langat
Initial tests: 31 out of 65 infected (47.7 percent)

Tapak Bina Persiaran Bukit Raja 2
Category: Workplace
States: Selangor
District(s): Klang and Petaling
Initial tests: 28 out of 450 infected (6.2 percent)

Jalan Haji Taib Salak
Category: Workplace
States: Selangor
District(s): Sepang
Initial tests: 10 out of 31 infected (32.3 percent)

Industri Jalan Usaha Enam
Category: Workplace
States: Malacca
District(s): Melaka Tengah and Jasin
Initial tests: 15 out of 568 infected (2.6 percent)

Dah Putih Industri Kulim
Category: Workplace
States: Kedah
District(s): Kulim
Initial tests: 30 out of 150 infected (20.0 percent)

Menuang
Category: Community
States: Sarawak
District(s): Limbang
Initial tests: 18 out of 83 infected (21.7 percent)

Ensurai
Category: Community
States: Sarawak
District(s): Limbang
Initial tests: 19 out of 220 infected (8.6 percent)

Bukit Damar
Category: Community
States: Pahang
District(s): Temerloh
Initial tests: 22 out of 67 infected (32.8 percent)

Dah Taman Melor
Category: Private education institution registered under the Education Ministry
States: Kedah
District(s): Kuala Muda and Kota Setar
Initial tests: 32 out of 86 infected (37.2 percent)

Persiaran Lavender Dua
Category: Non-Education Ministry institution
States: Negeri Sembilan
District(s): Seremban
Initial tests: 8 out of 35 infected (22.9 percent)

Jalan Pegawai
Category: High-risk group
States: Selangor
District(s): Sabak Bernam
Initial tests: 14 out of 132 infected (10.6 percent)

DTI Bekenu
Category: Detention Centre
States: Sarawak
District(s): Subis
Initial tests: 48 out of 48 infected (100.0 percent)

Source:Malaysiakini

COVID-19 | The Health Ministry reported another 103 new Covid-19 deaths yesterday (Oct 12), bringing the cumulative death toll to 27,525.

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

From the newly reported deaths yesterday, 25.2 percent or 26 died before they received treatment at a hospital.

Sarawak recorded the highest number of new deaths at 26, making up 25.2 percent of the newly reported fatalities.

The remaining deaths were in Johor (15), Sabah (13), Selangor (13), Kelantan (11), Perak (9), Penang (7), Kedah (6), Negeri Sembilan (1), Perlis (1) and Kuala Lumpur (1).

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

Ninety out of the 103 reported deaths, or 87.4 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 227 Covid-19 deaths were reported daily in the last 30 days compared to an average of 93 over the past seven days, indicating a downward trend.

To date, 1,317 Covid-19 deaths have been reported this month.

As of yesterday, there were 108,997 active Covid-19 cases. This is a reduction of 19.8 percent from the 135,946 active infections a week ago.

Compared to 30 days ago, the number of active cases has fallen by 54.1 percent from 237,278.

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

From the 7,276 new cases yesterday, there were 379 cases traced to active Covid-19 clusters.

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

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 7,276 new Covid-19 cases today, bringing the cumulative infections to 2,353,579.

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

The breakdown by states for yesterday (Oct 11), where 6,709 new cases were reported, is as follows:

Sarawak (1,037)
Kelantan (938)
Johor (777)
Selangor (671)
Sabah (532)
Terengganu (480)
Penang (441)
Pahang (426)
Perak (414)
Kedah (357)
Kuala Lumpur (220)
Malacca (188)
Negeri Sembilan (163)
Putrajaya (36)
Perlis (29)
Labuan (0)

Yesterday saw Selangor recording the lowest number of new Covid-19 cases in 161 days – since May 4.

States that have seen significant improvements include Sabah, Sarawak, Kedah and Penang.

The fresh cases today comprised 6,871 Malaysians (94.4 percent) and 405 non-citizens (5.6 percent). They were surpassed by a total of 10,555 Covid-19 patients who recovered today, pushing down the number of active cases.

• Patients in ICU: 724
• Intubated: 398

As of today, the number of Covid-19 patients (including suspected ones) in the intensive care unit (ICU) is 13.9 percent lower compared to a week ago.

Those who require intubation have also declined by 9.1 percent from a week ago.

Clusters

To date, 783 Covid-19 clusters are still active, including 14 new clusters reported today.

The ongoing clusters have fallen by 18.1 percent from the 956 active clusters a week ago.

The 14 new clusters today comprised six workplace clusters (42.9 percent), five community clusters (35.7 percent), one high-risk group cluster (7.1 percent), one non-education ministry institution cluster (7.1 percent) and one education institution cluster (7.1 percent).

Jalan Seladang Bukit Mertajam
Category: Workplace
States: Penang
District(s): Seberang Perai Tengah
Initial tests: 15 out of 160 infected (9.4 percent)

Jalan Alma
Category: Workplace
States: Penang
District(s): Seberang Perai Tengah
Initial tests: 15 out of 140 infected (10.7 percent)

Industri Jalan Gangsa
Category: Workplace
States: Selangor
District(s): Kuala Langat
Initial tests: 19 out of 128 infected (14.8 percent)

Sawit Sungai Merbau
Category: Workplace
States: Pahang
District(s): Rompin
Initial tests: 16 out of 21 infected (76.2 percent)

Jalan Pulau Sebang
Category: Workplace
States: Malacca
District(s): Alor Gajah, Tampin and Rembau
Initial tests: 37 out of 227 infected (16.3 percent)

Kota Emas Pontian
Category: Workplace
States: Johor
District(s): Pontian
Initial tests: 18 out of 86 infected (20.9 percent)

Hang Tuah Tangkak
Category: Community
States: Johor
District(s): Tangkak
Initial tests: 20 out of 41 infected (48.8 percent)

Jalan Punai
Category: Community
States: Johor
District(s): Kulai
Initial tests: 12 out of 16 infected (75.0 percent)

Jalan Mutiara Tiga Kulai
Category: Community
States: Johor
District(s): Kulai
Initial tests: 7 out of 13 infected (53.8 percent)

Air Awat-Awat
Category: Community
States: Sarawak
District(s): Lawas
Initial tests: 42 out of 78 infected (53.8 percent)

Bukit Baja
Category: Community
States: Selangor
District(s): Sepang
Initial tests: 41 out of 153 infected (26.8 percent)

Jalan Raja Chulan Sayong
Category: High-risk group
States: Perak
District(s): Kuala Kangsar
Initial tests: 13 out of 16 infected (81.2 percent)

Taman Danau Kota
Category: Non-Education Ministry institution
States: Kuala Lumpur
District(s): Titiwangsa
Initial tests: 6 out of 48 infected (12.5 percent)

Jalan SP 10/1
Category: Private education institution
States: Selangor
District(s): Sepang
Initial tests: 5 out of 57 infected (8.8 percent)

Source:Malaysiakini

The Health Ministry has reported 6,709 new Covid-19 cases today, bringing the total case count in the country to 2,346,303.

The distribution of new cases according to states will be reported on the Health Ministry’s CovidNow website after midnight.

The fresh infections today comprised 6,459 Malaysians (96.3 percent) and 250 non-citizens (3.7 percent).

They were surpassed by a total of 10,833 Covid-19 patients who recovered today. This is expected to help reduce the number of active cases.

• Patients in ICU: 778
• Intubated: 331

As of today, the number of Covid-19 patients (including suspected ones) in the intensive care unit (ICU) is 9.8 percent lower compared to a week ago.

Those who require intubation have also declined by 27.7 percent from a week ago.

To understand regional Covid-19 trends, please use the “active cases” and “hospitalisation” chart below.

Over the past month, the Health Ministry’s Covid-19 reporting has been pivoting away from daily press statements to its CovidNow website.

Clusters

To date, 794 Covid-19 clusters are still active, including nine new clusters reported today.

The ongoing clusters have fallen by 19.7 percent from the 989 active clusters a week ago.

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

Sri Jaya Tangkak
Category: Community
States: Johor
District(s): Tangkak
Initial tests: 10 out of 21 infected (47.6 percent)

Jalan Tangkak Dua
Category: Community
States: Johor
District(s): Tangkak
Initial tests: 10 out of 12 infected (83.3 percent)

Lorong Binjai Manis
Category: Community
States: Kelantan
District(s): Kota Bharu
Initial tests: 10 out of 16 infected (62.5 percent)

Bukit Gabang
Category: Community
States: Pahang
District(s): Temerloh
Initial tests: 15 out of 38 infected (39.5 percent)

Industri Batu Lima
Category: Workplace
States: Negeri Sembilan
District(s): Seremban
Initial tests: 11 out of 44 infected (25 percent)

Jalan Dato Hamid
Category: Workplace
States: Kelantan
District(s): Pasir Mas
Initial tests: 5 out of 6 infected (83.3 percent)

Lorong Kapal
Category: High-risk group
States: Penang
District(s): Seberang Perai Utara
Initial tests: 23 out of 50 infected (46 percent)

Jalan Pekaka Lapan
Category: High-risk group
States: Selangor
District(s): Petaling
Initial tests: 27 out of 31 infected (87.1 percent)

Jalan Ipoh-KL Serendah
Category: Non-Education Ministry institution
States: Selangor
District(s): Hulu Selangor
Initial tests: 16 out of 53 infected (30.2 percent)

Source:Malaysiakini

COVID-19 | The number of new Covid-19 cases reported by the Health Ministry is 7,373 today, the lowest tally since the first week of July.

On July 7, the tally of new cases was 7,097 infections.

Health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah posted the tally on his Facebook page, adding that the cumulative total was now 2,339,594 cases.

A state by state breakdown was not given.

The fresh infections today comprised 6,992 Malaysians (94.8 percent) and 381 non-citizens (5.2 percent).

They were surpassed by a total of 10,959 Covid-19 patients who recovered today. This is expected to help reduce the number of active cases.

• Patients in ICU: 762 (702 confirmed; 60 suspected)
• Intubated: 410 (293 confirmed; 117 probable)

As of today, the number of Covid-19 patients (including suspected ones) in the intensive care unit (ICU) is 11.4 percent lower compared to a week ago.

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

Noor Hisham also told Malaysians not to let their guard down as the number of cases and deaths fell, and the percentage of those fully vaccinated rose.

“Please don’t let your guard down.

“Although our adult vaccination rate is almost 90 percent this is not an excuse for us to take Covid-19 standard operating procedure for granted.

“We must continue to comply with all precautionary measures including self-testing. Please stay vigilant at all times,” he said.

Clusters

To date, 810 Covid-19 clusters are still active, including eight new clusters reported today.

The ongoing clusters have fallen by 19.6 percent from 1,008 active clusters a week ago.

The eight new clusters today comprised five community clusters (62.5 percent), one workplace cluster (12.5 percent), one high-risk group cluster (12.5 percent) and one religious event cluster (12.5 percent).

Kampung Gertak Kechupu
Category: Community
States: Kelantan
District(s): Kota Bharu
Initial tests: 13 out of 18 infected (72.2 percent)

Jalan Tali Air Kuala Lemal
Category: Community
States: Kelantan
District(s): Pasir Mas
Initial tests: 10 out of 11 infected (90.9 percent)

Kampung Jejulok
Category: Community
States: Kelantan
District(s): Kota Bharu
Initial tests: 10 out of 17 infected (58.8 percent)

Taman Kenerek Jaya
Category: Community
States: Kelantan
District(s): Pasir Mas
Initial tests: 7 out of 8 infected (87.5 percent)

Kampung Londang
Category: Community
States: Pahang
District(s): Maran
Initial tests: 12 out of 13 infected (92.3 percent)

Dah 13 Industri Baling
Category: Workplace
States: Kedah
District(s): Baling and Kuala Muda
Initial tests: 26 out of 59 infected (44.1 percent)

Jalan Seroja Muar
Category: High-risk group
States: Johor
District(s): Muar
Initial tests: 20 out of 38 infected (52.6 percent)

Jalan Bunga Cempaka
Category: Religious event
States: Johor
District(s): Kota Tinggi
Initial tests: 9 out of 40 infected (22.5 percent)

Source:Malaysiakini

The breakdown was not included in the Noor Hisham’s daily statement either.

In his statement, Noor Hisham said that as the country move’s to the endemic phase of living with Covid-19, the method of reporting and breakdown of data will focus more on key and important indicators.

On the nationwide front, the number of new Covid-19 cases today was outpaced by recoveries (14,422).

• Patients in ICU: 770
• Intubated: 419

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

The national R-naught is at 0.86 indicating that the spread of Covid-19 is in decline.

However, Putrajaya, Perlis, and Negeri Sembilan have an R-naught above 1.0, suggesting that pandemic is worsening there.

Clusters

To date, 845 Covid-19 clusters are still active, including 10 new clusters reported today.

The ongoing clusters have fallen by 19.1 percent from the 1,044 active clusters a week ago.

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

Jalan Tampin Gemas 2
Category: Workplace
States: Negeri Sembilan
District(s): Tampin
Initial tests: 68 out of 81 infected (84.0 percent)

Industri Jalan Kesturi
Category: Workplace
States: Johor
District(s): Batu Pahat
Initial tests: 10 out of 32 infected (31.2 percent)

Industri Dua Jalan Labohan Dagang-Nilai
Category: Workplace
States: Selangor
District(s): Kuala Langat and Klang
Initial tests: 15 out of 93 infected (16.1 percent)

Sawit Ulu Keratong
Category: Workplace
States: Pahang
District(s): Rompin
Initial tests: 40 out of 149 infected (26.8 percent)

Kampung Belukar Kubang Gadong
Category: Community
States: Kelantan
District(s): Pasir Mas
Initial tests: 7 out of 11 infected (63.6 percent)

Kampung Nakhoda Saamah
Category: Community
States: Kelantan
District(s): Kota Bharu, and Bachok
Initial tests: 10 out of 23 infected (43.5 percent)

Kampung Seboi
Category: Community
States: Pahang
District(s): Temerloh
Initial tests: 51 out of 148 infected (34.5 percent)

Sungai Pelus
Category: Community
States: Perak
District(s): Kuala Kangsar
Initial tests: 98 out of 369 infected (26.6 percent)

Jalan Masjid Negeri
Category: High-risk group
States: Penang
District(s): Timur Laut
Initial tests: 43 out of 89 infected (48.3 percent)

Jalan Tengku Abdul Samad
Category: High-risk group
States: Pahang
District(s): Raub
Initial tests: 20 out of 93 infected (21.5 percent)

Source:Malaysiakini

COVID-19 | The Health Ministry’s Github data repository reported a total of 78 Covid-19 fatalities yesterday (Oct 8), bringing the cumulative death toll to 27,191.

From the newly reported deaths yesterday, 29.5 percent or 23 died before they could receive treatment at a hospital.

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

Johor recorded the highest number of new deaths at 13, making up 16.7 percent of the latest reported fatalities.

The remaining deaths were in Sabah (12), Selangor (12), Penang (10), Kelantan (8), Sarawak (8), Kedah (4), Perak (4), Perlis (2), Kuala Lumpur (2), Malacca (1), Negeri Sembilan (1) and Pahang (1).

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

A total of 65 out of the 78 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 268 Covid-19 deaths was reported daily in the last 30 days compared to the seven-day average of 105, indicating a downward trend.

As of yesterday, there were 125,998 active Covid-19 cases. This is a reduction of 21.5 percent from the 160,413 active infections a week ago.

Compared to 30 days ago, the number of active cases fell by almost 50 percent from 248,675.

Infection clusters

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

From the 9,751 new cases yesterday, a total of 382 of them could be traced to ongoing Covid-19 clusters.

From the cluster-linked cases, 184 (48.2 percent) were from workplaces while 157 (41.1 percent) were from community transmissions. Another 17 (4.5 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 (16 or 4.2 percent) and detention centres (8 or 2.1 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 today reported 9,890 new Covid-19 cases.

Perlis reported a record number with 200 infections. The state has been relatively unaffected by Covid-19 until August when new daily cases were being reported in the double digits.

Elsewhere, new cases and hospitalisation of Covid-19 patients are generally trending down, except in Sarawak where Covid-19 bed use is trending up.

As of the latest available data yesterday, all states had reported an R_t of less than 1.00, which indicated that the outbreak was shrinking all across Malaysia.

Negeri Sembilan had the highest R_t of 0.99, followed by Malacca (0.97) and Perlis (0.96). The national average was 0.86.

• Patients in ICU: 827 (782 confirmed; 45 suspected)
• Intubated: 445 (336 confirmed; 109 probable)

For today, the number of Covid-19 patients (including suspected ones) in the intensive care unit (ICU) is 10.5 percent lower compared to a week ago.

Those who require intubation have also declined by 12.7 percent from a week ago.

Cases by state

Sarawak (1,413)
Selangor (1,402)
Kelantan (1,032)
Johor (993)
Sabah (820)
Perak (794)
Penang (721)
Terengganu (699)
Pahang (564)
Kedah (503)
Malacca (260)
Kuala Lumpur (250)
Perlis (200)
Negeri Sembilan (180)
Putrajaya (59)
Labuan (0)

Clusters

To date, 911 Covid-19 clusters are still active, including 13 new clusters reported today. Overall, active cluster account for 697 (7.0 percent) of today’s cases.

The ongoing clusters have fallen by 16.3 percent from the 1,088 active clusters a week ago.

The 13 new clusters today comprised eight workplace clusters (61.5 percent), three community clusters (23.1 percent) and two non-education ministry institution clusters (15.4 percent).

Details of the new cluster are as follows:

Industri PLO Parit Raja
Category: Workplace
States: Johor
District(s): Batu Pahat
Initial tests: 20 out of 34 infected (58.8 percent)

Jalan Yahya Kota Tinggi
Category: Workplace
States: Johor
District(s): Kota Tinggi
Initial tests: 8 out of 35 infected (22.9 percent)

Industri Tun Abdul Majid
Category: Workplace
States: Johor
District(s): Kota Tinggi
Initial tests: 8 out of 49 infected (16.3 percent)

Kampung Bukit Bunga
Category: Workplace
States: Kelantan
District(s): Tanah Merah and Pasir Mas
Initial tests: 15 out of 15 infected (100.0 percent)

Jalan Banggol Setol
Category: Workplace
States: Kelantan
District(s): Pasir Mas
Initial tests: 8 out of 38 infected (21.1 percent)

Industri Jalan Senawang Tiga 2
Category: Workplace
States: Negeri Sembilan
District(s): Seremban and Rembau
Initial tests: 37 out of 575 infected (6.4 percent)

Permatang Nibong Tebal
Category: Workplace
States: Penang
District(s): Seberang Perai Selatan
Initial tests: 38 out of 224 infected (17.0 percent)

Industri Jalan Enggang Batu 9
Category: Workplace
States: Selangor
District(s): Kuala Langat
Initial tests: 19 out of 28 infected (67.9 percent)

Paya Sendayan
Category: Community
States: Pahang
District(s): Temerloh
Initial tests: 17 out of 23 infected (73.9 percent)

Kampung Pantos
Category: Community
States: Pahang
District(s): Lipis
Initial tests: 17 out of 144 infected (11.8 percent)

Jalan Terus
Category: Community
States: Johor
District(s): Mersing
Initial tests: 13 out of 35 infected (37.1 percent)

Lubok Tapah
Category: Non-Education Ministry institution
States: Kelantan
District(s): Pasir Mas
Initial tests: 10 out of 10 infected (100.0 percent)

Dah Taman Ihsan
Category: Non-Education Ministry institution
States: Kedah
District(s): Kulim, Kuala Muda, and Baling
Initial tests: 33 out of 201 infected (16.4 percent)

Source:Malaysiakini