COVID-19 | The Health Ministry reported 19,307 new cases of Covid-19 today.
Perlis (108) hit a new record, the first time cases have reached three digits.
The number of new cases in Sarawak is still above 3,000.
Overall, eight states had four-digit cases.
Hospital bed use is mostly decreasing, but Kelantan is bucking the trend. Over 1,000 Covid-19 patients are in hospital in the state after 152 were admitted yesterday.
The state's hospital bed capacity is now at 111.2 percent, according to Health Ministry data, the highest in the country.
- Active cases: 242,802
- Patients in ICU: 1,310 (967 confirmed cases; 343 probable)
- Intubated: 737 (464 confirmed cases; 323 probable)
Deaths
A total of 323 Covid-19 deaths have been reported today, bringing the total death toll 19,486. This includes 74 who have no history of chronic illness.
The deaths have been reported in Selangor (76), Johor (49), Penang (47), Kedah (44), Kuala Lumpur (22), Sabah (22), Malacca (17), Kelantan (11), Negeri Sembilan (10), Sarawak (9), Perak (5), Terengganu (5), Pahang (4) and Perlis (2).
Fifty-five of the deceased had died before they were brought to a hospital.
At a press conference today, however, Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin highlighted the disparity between the actual time of Covid-19 deaths in the Klang Valley and when those deaths are verified and added to the national statistics.
A chart shows that actual Covid-19 deaths in Selangor have been plummeting even as the state reported record-high cases in recent weeks.
As such, the minister said the reporting mechanism would be changed to better reflect the real-time situation
READ MORE: New death reporting method to reflect real-time Covid situation
New cases by states
Sarawak (3,118)
Selangor (2,700)
Sabah (2,298)
Penang (2,243)
Johor (2,032)
Kelantan (1,438)
Kedah (1,355)
Perak (1,341)
Terengganu (910)
Pahang (661)
Kuala Lumpur (513)
Malacca (340)
Negeri Sembilan (207)
Perlis (108)
Putrajaya (28)
Labuan (15)
Clusters
The Health Ministry is tracking 1,450 active Covid-19 clusters, including 27 new ones reported today.
Fifteen of these are workplace clusters, 11 are community clusters, and one involved an educational facility.
Overall, clusters account for 1,363 (7.05 percent) of today's cases.
