COVID-19 | The Health Ministry today reported 3,551 new Covid-19 cases amidst a sharp increase in Penang. 

The number of patients needing intensive care and ventilators reached a new record high. Malaysia has a finite number of ICU beds and ventilators.

The number of active cases is also continuing to trend upwards.

• Active cases: 33,762
• Patients in ICUs: 354
• Intubated: 199

Breakdown by states

Penang (305) posted its highest new case count in 48 days. 

The Klang Valley (1,626) continues to report the highest number of new cases followed by Sarawak (391) and Kelantan (326).

In Selangor, approximately one in four people who tested positive for Covid-19 are not linked to close contacts of Covid-19 positive patients nor could they be linked to existing clusters.

As of yesterday, the R-naught for the country crept up to 1.09 after sitting at 1.07 for two days.

An R-naught of more than 1.00 indicates that the spread of Covid-19 is accelerating, hence an increase in the R-naught figure suggests that the rate of infection has increased.

The only regions where the R-naught is 1.00 or below are Sarawak (1.00), Sabah (0.87) and Perlis (N/A).

Deaths

Another 19 people were reported to have died of Covid-19. The national Covid-19 death toll currently stands at 1,610.

These new deaths were reported in Sarawak (5), Selangor (3), Johor (3), Kelantan (2), Kuala Lumpur (2), Terengganu (1), Pahang (1), Negeri Sembilan (1) and Kedah (1).

The youngest victim was 31. There were five victims who were pronounced dead upon reaching the hospital.

Details of the victims are documented on Malaysiakini's Covid-19 tracker page.

Clusters

A total of 418 out of 1,740 clusters are still active. From the active clusters, 96 of them contributed to the new cases today.

The Health Ministry is now monitoring 418 active Covid-19 clusters. There were 96 clusters that had new cases.

The cluster with the most number of new cases was the Sungai Besar Jawi cluster (94 new cases), involving a factory in the Penang mainland. This cluster was classified two days ago.

The Health Ministry classified another 14 new clusters today.

Jalan Batu Arang cluster
District(s): Gombak in Selangor
Locality/Source: A factory at Jalan Batu Arang, Rawang, Gombak
Cluster category: Workplace
First case: May 6, targeted screening
Total infected: 15 out of 27 screened

Industri Platinum cluster
District(s): Kuala Selangor in Selangor
Locality/Source: A factory at Jalan Platinum, Kawasan Perindustrian Batu 22, Kuala Selangor
Cluster category: Workplace
First case: May 6, targeted screening
Total infected: 10 out of 51 screened

Persiaran Meru Raya cluster
District(s): Kinta and Manjung in Perak
Locality/Source: A hotel near Persiaran Meru Raya, Ipoh, Kinta
Cluster category: Workplace
First case: May 4, index case reported symptoms
Total infected: 14 out of 45 screened

Persiaran Greentown Tujuh cluster
District(s): Kinta; Larut, Matang and Selama in Perak
Locality/Source: A restaurant at Persiaran Greentown 7, Ipoh, Kinta
Cluster category: Workplace
First case: May 1, index case reported symptoms
Total infected: 11 out of 39 screened

Jalan Temangan cluster
District(s): Machang in Kelantan
Locality/Source: A supermarket at Jalan Temangan, Kampung Pemanok, Machang
Cluster category: Workplace
First case: May 1, index case reported symptoms
Total infected: 9 out of 15 screened

Jalan Pertama Empat cluster
District(s): Johor Bahru in Johor
Locality/Source: A service provider in Jalan Pertama 4, Johor Bahru
Cluster category: Workplace
First case: May 3, index case reported symptoms
Total infected: 8 out of 45 screened

Industri Lengkuk Teknologi cluster
District(s): Seremban and Port Dickson in Negeri Sembilan
Locality/Source: A factory at Lengkuk Teknologi 2, Bandar Baru Enstek, Seremban
Cluster category: Workplace
First case: May 4, targeted screening
Total infected: 64 out of 335 screened

Jalan Tunku cluster
District(s): Kota Kinabalu, Papar, Putatan and Penampang in Sabah
Locality/Source: A public administrative centre at Jalan Tunku Abdul Rahman, Karamunsing, Kota Kinabalu
Cluster category: Workplace
First case: April 27
Total infected: 10 out of 129 screened

Kampung Chat cluster
District(s): Pasir Mas in Kelantan
Locality/Source: Vicinity of Kampung Chat, Pasir Mas
Cluster category: Community
First case: April 28, index case reported symptoms
Total infected: 17 out of 79 screened

Indera Mahkota Lima cluster
District(s): Kuantan in Pahang
Locality/Source: Vicinity of Lorong Indera Mahkota 5/7, Bandar Indera Mahkota, Kuantan
Cluster category: Community
First case: April 28, index case reported symptoms
Total infected: 18 out of 301 screened

Jalan Sungai Merab cluster
District(s): Hulu Langat and Sepang in Selangor
Locality/Source: School at Jalan Sungai Merab, Kajang, Hulu Langat
Cluster category: MOE regulated institution
First case: May 1, index case is a close contact of a Covid-19 patient
Total infected: 10 out of 295 screened

Jalan Teknologi Kota Damansara cluster
District(s): Petaling in Selangor
Locality/Source: An educational institution at Jalan Teknologi 3/9, Kota Damansara, Petaling
Cluster category: Education (others)
First case: May 4, targeted screening
Total infected: 58 out of 229 screened

Jalan Korma cluster
District(s): Batu Pahat in Johor
Locality/Source: A medical centre at Jalan Korma, Taman Soga, Batu Pahat
Cluster category: High-risk group
First case: April 30, index case reported symptoms
Total infected: 25 out of 477 screened

Dah Lubuk Emas cluster
District(s): Bandar Baharu in Kedah
Locality/Source: Vicinity of Taman Kelisa Emas, Lubuk Buntar, Bandar Baharu
Cluster category: Religious event
First case: May 4, index case reported symptoms
Total infected: 12 out of 28 screened