COVID-19 | The Health Ministry reported 3,528 new Covid-19 cases today, bringing the cumulative infections to 2,735,241.
The fresh infections were surpassed by a total of 4,489 Covid-19 patients who recovered today. This is expected to help reduce the number of active cases.
Nationwide, the R-number is below 1.00 as of yesterday, with the overall number being at 0.90.
As long as it stays below 1.00, it suggests that the spread of Covid-19 was decelerating.
- Patients in ICU: 339
- Intubated: 180
As of today, the number of Covid-19 patients (including suspected ones) in the intensive care unit (ICU) is 15.2 percent lower compared to a week ago.
Those who require intubation have also declined by 9.1 percent from a week ago.
Nationally, the number of hospital admissions of confirmed Covid-19 patients in the last seven days have declined by 18.1 percent compared to the preceding week.
To date, 229 Covid-19 clusters are still active, including four new clusters reported today.
The ongoing clusters have fallen by 10.9 percent from the 257 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 23), where 3,510 new cases were reported, is as follow:
Selangor (951)
Johor (398)
Kelantan (345)
Penang (222)
Terengganu (213)
Kuala Lumpur (210)
Kedah (207)
Perak (206)
Pahang (194)
Sabah (161)
Negeri Sembilan (153)
Malacca (150)
Sarawak (35)
Putrajaya (29)
Perlis (29)
Labuan (7)
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