COVID-19 | The Health Ministry reported 4,097 new Covid-19 cases today, bringing the cumulative infections to 2,699,240.
The fresh infections were surpassed by a total of 4,301 Covid-19 patients who recovered today. This is expected to help reduce the number of active cases.
As of yesterday, the national R-number for Covid-19 has declined to 0.94, which is the lowest since Nov 8.
However, several states still have R-numbers at or above the 1.00 threshold, which are: Negeri Sembilan (1.02), Pahang (1.01), Penang (1.01), Perlis (1.01), Malacca (1.00).
Any number above 1.00 would suggest an outbreak that is growing and accelerating in pace, whereas a number below that would indicate an outbreak that is in decline.
- Patients in ICU: 382
- Intubated: 201
As of today, the number of Covid-19 patients (including suspected ones) in the intensive care unit (ICU) is 14.2 percent lower compared to a week ago.
Those who require intubation have also declined by 16.2 percent from a week ago.
Nationally, the number of hospital admissions of confirmed Covid-19 patients in the last seven days has declined by 6.8 percent compared to the preceding week.
However, bucking the national trend, hospital admissions of confirmed Covid-19 patients in Penang (+31.2 percent) and Negeri Sembilan (+23.5 percent) rose during the same period.
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 (Dec 13), where 3,504 new cases were reported, is as follows:
Selangor (682)
Kelantan (455)
Johor (378)
Pahang (279)
Penang (276)
Kedah (263)
Kuala Lumpur (218)
Perak (205)
Terengganu (193)
Sabah (181)
Malacca (143)
Negeri Sembilan (120)
Sarawak (47)
Putrajaya (32)
Perlis (24)
Labuan (8)
Sarawak's total of 47 yesterday was the lowest in 337 days - since Jan 11.
To date, 245 Covid-19 clusters are still active nationwide, including 6 new clusters reported today.
The ongoing clusters have seen an increase of 4.3 percent from the 235 active clusters a week ago.
