COVID-19 | The Health Ministry reported 13,944 new Covid-19 cases today, bringing the cumulative infections to 2,939,198.

The fresh infections today are the highest in 137 days, since Sep 24.

They were more than the number of Covid-19 patients who recovered, which totalled 5,421. This is expected to increase the number of active cases.

As of yesterday, the national infectivity rate (R-number) stood at 1.32. This is higher than the number at any time last year, including during the devastating Delta wave.

The states with an infectivity rate above the national average are Sabah (1.54), Perlis (1.54), Sarawak (1.48) and Terengganu (1.36).

The value must be kept under 1.0 to prevent an exponential spread of the virus.

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 (Feb 7), where 11,034 new cases were reported, is as follows:

Selangor (2,411)
Sabah (1,600)
Kedah (1,448)
Johor (1,369)
Penang (693)
Kelantan (666)
Pahang (581)
Malacca (496)
Perak (412)
Kuala Lumpur (380)
Negeri Sembilan (368)
Terengganu (312)
Putrajaya (105)
Perlis (98)
Sarawak (84)
Labuan (11)

At present, 138 Covid-19 patients are in the intensive care unit of which 71 are unable to breathe on their own and have been intubated.

This is an increase of 22.1 percent compared to the 113 Covid-19 patients in the intensive care unit a week ago.

To date, 375 Covid-19 clusters are still active, including 17 new clusters reported today.

The ongoing clusters have seen an increase of 17.9 percent from the 318 active clusters a week ago.