COVID-19 | The Health Ministry today reported 19,057 new Covid-19 cases.

There were also 362 deaths today.

Meanwhile, the number of active cases has continued its downtrend for the eighth day, since peaking on Aug 28.

• Active cases: 256,302
• Patients in ICU*: 978
• Intubated*: 460

[*Confirmed Covid-19 positive patients only]

Perlis (99) has recorded a record number of new cases for this year as has Perak (1,450).

Hospitalisations for Covid-19 cases in these two states have been steadily trending upwards over the past two months [see chart below].

Half of Perlis' population are fully vaccinated while it is slightly over a third in Perak.

Regions with high vaccination rates such as Negeri Sembilan and the Klang Valley are seeing the number of hospitalisations trending down, although Sarawak is an exception.

New cases by state

Selangor (3,775)
Sarawak (2,723)
Sabah (2,279)
Johor (2,077)
Penang (1,558)
Perak (1,450)
Kelantan (1,434)
Kedah (1,329)
Kuala Lumpur (711)
Terengganu (605)
Pahang (410)
Malacca (338)
Negeri Sembilan (242)
Perlis (99)
Putrajaya (18)
Labuan (9)

Deaths

The fatalities today pushed the death toll to 17,833.

Of the deaths reported today, 104 had died before reaching the hospital - the highest on record.

While the Klang Valley's cases are going down, it still leads in the number of mortalities.

There were 152 deaths in Selangor and 24 deaths in Kuala Lumpur.

Deaths were also reported in Sabah (55), Johor (51), Kedah (20), Penang (19), Negeri Sembilan (13), Perak (9), Kelantan (7), Malacca (5), Pahang (3), Perlis (2), and Sarawak (2).

Clusters

A total of 1,455 out of 4,854 clusters are still active. This includes the 16 new clusters reported today.

Details of the new clusters are as follow:

Industri Jalan Kampung Taib 2
Category: Workplace
State(s): Selangor
District(s): Hulu Selangor
Total infected: 17 out of 55 screened

Tapak Bina Baiduri Jaya
Category: Workplace
State(s): Selangor
District(s): Hulu Langat
Total infected: 72 out of 106 screened

Industri Jalan Tiga Olak Lempit
Category: Workplace
State(s): Selangor
District(s): Kuala Langat
Total infected: 27 out of 35 screened

Industri Riang 21
Category: Workplace
State(s): Johor
District(s): Johor Bahru
Total infected: 29 out of 88 screened

Jalan Sekakap
Category: Workplace
State(s): Johor
District(s): Mersing
Total infected: 39 out of 144 screened

Jalan Baling Pengkalan
Category: Workplace
State(s): Perak
District(s): Hulu Perak
Total infected: 12 out of 31 screened

Sri Banding
Category: Workplace
State(s): Perak
District(s): Hulu Perak
Total infected: 84 out of 174 screened

Jalan Jinjang 2
Category: Workplace
State(s): Kuala Lumpur
District(s): Kepong
Total infected: 15 out of 71 screened

Industri Palong 17
Category: Workplace
State(s): Negeri Sembilan
District(s): Jempol
Total infected: 26 out of 148 screened

Industri Gebeng 1/11
Category: Workplace
State(s): Pahang and Terengganu
District(s): Kuantan and Kemaman
Total infected: 27 out of 355 screened

Jalan Besar Rantau Panjang
Category: Workplace
State(s): Kelantan
District(s): Pasir Mas
Total infected: 8 out of 20 screened

Jalan Semawang
Category: Workplace
State(s): Sabah
District(s): Sandakan
Total infected: 116 out of 376 screened

Kampung Gebeng
Category: Community
State(s): Kelantan
District(s): Machang and Pasir Mas
Total infected: 7 out of 7 screened

Kampung Rahmat Hilir
Category: Community
State(s): Kelantan
District(s): Pasir Mas
Total infected: 10 out of 11 screened

Kampung Atas Tol
Category: Community
State(s): Terengganu
District(s): Kuala Terengganu
Total infected: 21 out of 62 screened

Kampung Pasir Akar
Category: Non-Education Ministry institution
State(s): Terengganu
District(s): Besut
Total infected: 59 out of 105 screened