COVID-19 | The Health Ministry today reported 20,988 new Covid-19 cases today.

Sarawak and Sabah collectively reported more cases than the entire Klang Valley.

While Sarawak and Klang Valley have a full vaccination rate of more than 60 percent, Sabah's rate is only 28.8 percent.

Sabah's hospitalisation rate for Covid-19 has been steadily rising over the past two months while there has been a recent spike in hospitalisations for Sarawak. [See chart below]

Record numbers were also reported in Kedah (2,455), Sarawak (2,992) and Terengganu (987).

On a more positive note, the R-naught for the country has reached 0.99 as of yesterday. A R-naught of less than 1.00 suggests that the spread of Covid-19 was slowing down.

The regions of Selangor, Putrajaya, Malacca, Kuala Lumpur, Negeri Sembilan and Labuan all recorded a R-naught of less than 1.00.

At the time of writing, Covid-19 sampling data had not been released. For a seven-day average, please refer to table below.

The number of active cases and patients requiring intensive care have been holding relatively steady for the past week.

• Active cases: 262,540
• Patients in ICU*: 1,001
• Intubated*: 783

[*Confirmed Covid-19 positive patients only]

New cases by states

Selangor (4,073)
Sarawak (2,992)
Kedah (2,455)
Sabah (2,329)
Johor (2,145)
Penang (1,600)
Kelantan (1,247)
Perak (990)
Terengganu (987)
Kuala Lumpur (731)
Pahang (599)
Malacca (407)
Negeri Sembilan (301)
Perlis (90)
Putrajaya (37)
Labuan (5)

Deaths

The Health Ministry reported another 249 deaths attributed to Covid-19 today, bringing the national deathtoll to 17,191.

There were 80 victims who were pronounced dead upon arrival at the hospital.

Most of the victims were from Selangor (61), followed by Johor (40), Penang (39), Sabah (33), Kedah (16), Kuala Lumpur (16), Malacca (13), Perak (9). Sarawak (8), Kelantan (6), Negeri Sembilan (4), Terengganu (3) and Perlis (1).

Clusters

The Health Ministry is currently monitoring 1,488 Covid-19 clusters.

Another 31 new clusters were reported today of which 17 are workplace clusters. Details follow

Tapak Bina Kota Bayuemas cluster
Category: Workplace
State(s): Selangor
District(s): Klang and Petaling
Total infected: 83 out of 140 screened

Industri Jalan Labohan Dagang-Nilai cluster
Category: Workplace
State(s): Selangor
District(s): Kuala Langat and Klang
Total infected: 64 out of 518 screened

Bagan Parit Baru cluster
Category: Workplace
State(s): Selangor
District(s): Sabak Bernam
Total infected: 21 out of 35 screened

Industri Taman Alam Jaya 2/5 cluster
Category: Workplace
State(s): Selangor
District(s): Kuala Selangor and Petaling
Total infected: 18 out of 86 screened

Jalan Kilang Pending cluster
Category: Workplace
State(s): Sarawak
District(s): Kuching
Total infected: 70 out of 112 screened

Jalan Usaha Jaya Dua cluster
Category: Workplace
State(s): Sarawak
District(s): Kuching and Asajaya
Total infected: 41 out of 41 screened

Industri Jalan Semeba cluster
Category: Workplace
State(s): Sarawak
District(s): Kuching
Total infected: 32 out of 32 screened

Jalan Bintulu – Bakun cluster
Category: Workplace
State(s): Sarawak
District(s): Bintulu
Total infected: 19 out of 20 screened

Perusahaan Valdor 12 cluster
Category: Workplace
State(s): Penang
District(s): Seberang Perai Selatan
Total infected: 40 out of 239 screened

Jelawat Lapan Seberang Jaya cluster
Category: Workplace
State(s): Penang
District(s): Seberang Perai Tengah
Total infected: 33 out of 150 screened

Industri Lorong Perusahaan 8C cluster
Category: Workplace
State(s): Penang
District(s): Seberang Perai Tengah
Total infected: 18 out of 63 screened

Industri Jalan Batu Berendam cluster
Category: Workplace
State(s): Malacca
District(s): Melaka Tengah
Total infected: 62 out of 606 screened

Taman Perindustrian Batu Berendam cluster
Category: Workplace
State(s): Malacca
District(s): Melaka Tengah, Jasin and Alor Gajah
Total infected: 36 out of 178 screened

Jalan 1/44 Padang Tembak cluster
Category: Workplace
State(s): Kelantan
District(s): Kota Bharu
Total infected: 14 out of 30 screened

Tapak Bina Datin Halimah cluster
Category: Workplace
State(s): Johor
District(s): Johor Bahru
Total infected: 223 out of 420 screened

Cyber 14 cluster
Category: Workplace
State(s): Johor
District(s): Kulai
Total infected: 14 out of 33 screened

Perniagaan Jalan Kempas Lima cluster
Category: Workplace
State(s): Johor
District(s): Kota Tinggi
Total infected: 5 out of 120 screened

Maxbi Libai cluster
Category: Community
State(s): Sarawak
District(s): Subis
Total infected: 93 out of 266 screened

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

Kampung Baru Lipis cluster
Category: Community
State(s): Pahang
District(s): Lipis
Total infected: 18 out of 79 screened

Jalan Seterpa Kampung Parit cluster
Category: Community
State(s): Kelantan
District(s): Kota Bharu
Total infected: 14 out of 21 screened

Jalan Jati Penawar cluster
Category: Community
State(s): Johor
District(s): Kota Tinggi
Total infected: 12 out of 72 screened

Kampung Merkang cluster
Category: Community
State(s): Kelantan
District(s): Pasir Puteh
Total infected: 12 out of 18 screened

Kampung Bukit Tandak cluster
Category: Community
State(s): Kelantan
District(s): Pasir Mas
Total infected: 12 out of 30 screened

Kampung Banggol Kemian Hilir cluster
Category: Community
State(s): Kelantan
District(s): Pasir Mas
Total infected: 9 out of 13 screened

Kampung Kubang Panjang Hulu cluster
Category: Community
State(s): Kelantan
District(s): Pasir Mas
Total infected: 9 out of 12 screened

Jalan Mariamah Lima cluster
Category: High-risk Group
State(s): Johor
District(s): Johor Bahru
Total infected: 43 out of 64 screened

Jalan Sentral 28 cluster
Category: High-risk Group
State(s): Johor
District(s): Johor Bahru
Total infected: 11 out of 25 screened

Jalan Pinang Gelugor cluster
Category: High-risk Group
State(s): Penang
District(s): Timur Laut and Seberang Perai Selatan
Total infected: 11 out of 88 screened

Jalan Seroja Saujana Utama cluster
Category: High-risk Group
State(s): Selangor
District(s): Kuala Selangor
Total infected: 48 out of 73 screened

Jalan Pahlawan cluster
Category: Education
State(s): Sabah
District(s): Kota Kinabalu and Penampang
Total infected: 45 out of 72 screened