COVID-19 | The Health Ministry today reported 4,782 new Covid-19 cases, bringing the cumulative infections to 2,436,498.

The new case count today is the lowest in 125 days, since June 22.

Nationally, the number of hospital admissions in the last seven days have declined by 10.6 percent compared to the preceding week.

However, hospital admissions in some states are on the rise, particularly in Penang (+34 percent), Terengganu (+29.6 percent) and Kedah (+11.9 percent), according to the CovidNow website.

Beginning Oct 9, the Health Ministry will only publish today's breakdown of new cases by states after midnight on CovidNow.

The breakdown by states for yesterday (Oct 24), where 5,666 new cases were reported, is as follow:

Selangor (1,078)
Sarawak (754)
Johor (566)
Sabah (502)
Kelantan (469)
Kedah (421)
Perak (349)
Penang (279)
Terengganu (277)
Malacca (262)
Pahang (252)
Negeri Sembilan (218)
Kuala Lumpur (162)
Perlis (40)
Putrajaya (30)
Labuan (7)

There are currently 607 Covid-19 patients in intensive care of which 300 require ventilator support.

As of today, the number of Covid-19 patients, including suspected ones, in the intensive care unit (ICU) is 10.6 percent lower compared to a week ago.

Those who require intubation have also declined by 13.5 percent from a week ago.

The Health Ministry reported that it is monitoring 528 active Covid-19 clusters, down 19.5 percent from the 656 active clusters a week ago.

Another six new clusters were classified today:

Sri Kota Pontian
Category: Workplace
States: Johor
District(s): Pontian
Initial tests: 16 out of 79 infected (20.3 percent)

Jalan Latar Puri
Category: Workplace
States: Johor
District(s): Muar
Initial tests: 9 out of 24 infected (37.5 percent)

Jalan Pak Mayong
Category: Workplace
States: Kelantan
District(s): Pasir Puteh, Bachok, and Kota Bharu
Initial tests: 6 out of 16 infected (37.5 percent)

Dah Damai
Category: Community
States: Kedah
District(s): Kubang Pasu
Initial tests: 15 out of 16 infected (93.8 percent)

Dah Merbok
Category: Education Ministry institution
States: Kedah
District(s): Kuala Muda
Initial tests: 18 out of 179 infected (10.1 percent)

Jalan Labohan
Category: Higher education institution
States: Selangor
District(s): Sepang and Gombak
Initial tests: 9 out of 111 infected (8.1 percent)