COVID-19 | The Health Ministry today reported 4,611 new Covid-19 cases amidst another 69 deaths reported today.

Malaysia has not seen new case numbers reach this low since mid-May. For details on testing numbers, read more here.

The number of active cases is currently on a 16-day downtrend, while the number of Covid-19 patients requiring intensive care has remain unchanged compared to yesterday.

Ventilator use has reduced marginally compared to yesterday but remains largely unchanged throughout the past two weeks.

Active cases: 62,918
Patients in ICU: 880
Intubated: 452

States

Selangor (1,346)
Sarawak (682)
Perak (453)
Negeri Sembilan (437)
Johor (314)
Kuala Lumpur (310)
Kelantan (219)
Malacca (205)
Kedah (182)
Sabah (166)
Labuan (130)
Penang (84)
Pahang (50)
Terengganu (18)
Putrajaya (15)
Perlis (0)

In Selangor (1,346) new Covid-19 cases were detected as a result of a victim - who is not related to a cluster or is a close contact - getting tested only after experiencing symptoms.

While most regions are showing progress in reducing new case numbers, Sarawak (682) reported slightly more new cases today compared to the average over the past 14 days.

As of yesterday the R-naught for the country was 0.97, continuing on an upward trend since hitting a recent low of 0.90 on June 12.

As long as the the R-naught remains below 1.00, it would suggest that the spread of Covid-19 was decelerating, which is good.

The only region where the R-naught was more than 1.00 is Negeri Sembilan (1.05).

Deaths

The Health Ministry reported another 69 deaths that was attributed to Covid-19, bringing the national death toll to 4,477.

Selangor (24) reported the most deaths followed by Kuala Lumpur (11), Negeri Sembilan (9), Johor (7), Kelantan (4), Labuan (4), Kedah (3), Sarawak (2), Terengganu (2), Sabah (2) and Malacca (1).

There were six victims who were age 40 or under. Five victims were pronounced dead upon arrival at the hospital.

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

Clusters

Currently, the Health Ministry is monitoring 844 active Covid-19 clusters. This represents a 59.5 percent increase compared to May 21.

The Health Ministry classified another 22 new clusters of which 14 are related to workplaces while another seven are related to community spread.

Industri Jalan Bebas Tiga cluster
Category: Workplace
State(s): Selangor
District(s): Klang and Petaling
Total infected: 24 out of 240 screened

Industri Jalan Enggang Ampang cluster
Category: Workplace
State(s): Selangor
District(s): Gombak
Total infected: 8 out of 54 screened

Industri Jati Kiri cluster
Category: Workplace
State(s): Selangor
District(s): Klang and Petaling
Total infected: 184 out of 404 screened

Industri Batu Besar cluster
Category: Workplace
State(s): Selangor
District(s): Klang
Total infected: 130 out of 229 screened

Tapak Bina Gunung Satu cluster
Category: Workplace
State(s): Johor
District(s): Johor Bahru
Total infected: 15 out of 106 screened

Perindustrian Sri Plentong cluster
Category: Workplace
State(s): Johor
District(s): Johor Bahru
Total infected: 14 out of 53 screened

Jalan Pekeliling Industri cluster
Category: Workplace
State(s): Johor
District(s): Johor Bahru
Total infected: 26 out of 421 screened

Jalan Bioteknologi Dua cluster
Category: Workplace
State(s): Johor
District(s): Johor Bahru
Total infected: 9 out of 233 screened

Industri Bukit Tengah cluster
Category: Workplace
State(s): Penang
District(s): Seberang Perai Tengah
Total infected: 24 out of 94 screened

Lebuh Kurau Tiga cluster
Category: Workplace
State(s): Penang
District(s): Seberang Perai Utara, Seberang Perai Tengah and Seberang Perai Selatan
Total infected: 12 out of 12 screened

Jalan Jelai – Rompin cluster
Category: Workplace
State(s): Negeri Sembilan
District(s): Jempol
Total infected: 42 out of 334 screened

Samedra cluster
Category: Workplace
State(s): Sabah
District(s): Kota Kinabalu
Total infected: 25 out of 82 screened

Jalan Merbok Ayer Keroh cluster
Category: Workplace
State(s): Malacca
District(s): Melaka Tengah and Jasin
Total infected: 21 out of 117 screened

Jalan Baru Tatau – Bintulu cluster
Category: Workplace
State(s): Sarawak
District(s): Tatau
Total infected: 22 out of 66 screened

Kampung Muara Tebas cluster
Category: Community
State(s): Sarawak
District(s): Kuching
Total infected: 19 out of 332 screened

Kevok cluster
Category: Community
State(s): Sarawak
District(s): Telang Usan
Total infected: 58 out of 280 screened

Quadruplex Lapan Enam cluster
Category: Community
State(s): Sarawak
District(s): Miri
Total infected: 20 out of 61 screened

Kampung Tiong cluster
Category: Community
State(s): Kelantan
District(s): Kota Bharu
Total infected: 13 out of 24 screened

Jalan Jeram Pasu cluster
Category: Community
State(s): Kelantan
District(s): Pasir Puteh
Total infected: 29 out of 39 screened

Taman Rantau Mas cluster
Category: Community
State(s): Kelantan
District(s): Pasir Mas
Total infected: 10 out of 21 screened

Serudung Baru cluster
Category: Community
State(s): Sabah
District(s): Tawau
Total infected: 19 out of 56 screened

Jalan Tok Jangggut cluster
Category: High-risk group
State(s): Kelantan
District(s): Bachok, Kota Bharu, Machang and Pasir Puteh
Total infected: 16 out of 72 screened