COVID-19 | The Health Ministry reported 3,519 new Covid-19 cases today, bringing the cumulative infections to 2,728,203.
The fresh infections were surpassed by a total of 5,118 Covid-19 patients who recovered today. This is expected to help reduce the number of active cases.
The R-number as of yesterday was 0.90, with only two states (Pahang and Penang) reporting an R-number of 1.00.
As long as it stays below 1.00, it suggests that the spread of Covid-19 was decelerating.
- Patients in ICU: 331
- Intubated: 187
As of today, the number of Covid-19 patients (including suspected ones) in the intensive care unit (ICU) is 13.8 percent lower compared to a week ago.
Those who require intubation have also declined by 12.2 percent from a week ago.
Nationally, the number of hospital admissions of confirmed Covid-19 patients in the last seven days have declined by 21.5 percent compared to the preceding week.
To date, 234 Covid-19 clusters are still active, including two new clusters reported today.
The ongoing clusters have fallen by 4.9 percent from the 246 active clusters a week ago.
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 21), where 3,140 new cases were reported, is as follow:
Selangor (736)
Kelantan (396)
Johor (378)
Kuala Lumpur (258)
Penang (213)
Kedah (209)
Terengganu (202)
Pahang (165)
Sabah (156)
Malacca (119)
Perak (114)
Negeri Sembilan (95)
Putrajaya (35)
Sarawak (31)
Perlis (27)
Labuan (6)
