COVID-19 | The Health Ministry today reported 5,071 new Covid-19 cases today, bringing the cumulative infections to 2,481,339.
They were surpassed by a total of 5,372 Covid-19 patients who recovered today. This is expected to help reduce the number of active cases.
- Patients in ICU: 557
- Intubated: 300
As of today, the number of Covid-19 patients (including suspected ones) in the intensive care unit (ICU) is 4.6 percent lower compared to a week ago.
Those who require intubation have also declined by 1.6 percent from a week ago.
Nationally, the number of hospital admissions in the last seven days have declined by 4.4 percent compared to the preceding week.
However, hospital admissions in some states are on the rise, particularly in Terengganu (+34.2 percent), Kedah (+18.8 percent) and Sabah (+13.1 percent).
Hospital bed use by Covid-19 patients are 82 percent, 76 percent and 61 percent respectively.
Beginning Oct 9, the Health Ministry will only publish today's breakdown of new cases by states after midnight on its CovidNow portal.
The breakdown by states for yesterday (Nov 1), where 4,626 new cases were reported, is as follow:
Selangor (883)
Sarawak (478)
Kelantan (461)
Johor (408)
Sabah (393)
Kedah (326)
Penang (318)
Pahang (288)
Terengganu (269)
Kuala Lumpur (204)
Perak (190)
Malacca (184)
Negeri Sembilan (144)
Perlis (46)
Putrajaya (34)
Labuan (0)
As of yesterday, there are two states - Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya - with a R-naught of more than 1.00. This means that the spread of Covid-19 there is accelerating, albeit marginally.
Clusters
To date, 404 Covid-19 clusters are still active, including five new clusters reported today.
The ongoing clusters have fallen by 20.2 percent from the 506 active clusters a week ago.
The 5 new clusters today comprised three workplace clusters (60.0 percent), one non-education ministry institution cluster (20.0 percent) and one community cluster (20.0 percent).
Details of the new clusters are as follows:
Jalan Tuanku Dua
Category: Workplace
States: Kuala Lumpur
District(s): Lembah Pantai
Initial tests: 6 out of 38 infected (15.8 percent)
Industri Jalan KPB Sembilan
Category: Workplace
States: Selangor
District(s): Hulu Langat
Initial tests: 16 out of 31 infected (51.6 percent)
Triang Bera
Category: Workplace
States: Pahang
District(s): Bera
Initial tests: 35 out of 117 infected (29.9 percent)
Chengal Lempong
Category: Non-Education Ministry institution
States: Pahang
District(s): Kuantan
Initial tests: 12 out of 36 infected (33.3 percent)
Permatang Shahbandar
Category: Community
States: Pahang
District(s): Maran
Initial tests: 13 out of 33 infected (39.4 percent)
