Covid-19 (July 28): new record of 17,405 cases and 143 deaths, more than 10k in Klang Valley

 

COVID-19 | The Health Ministry reported 17,405 new cases of Covid-19 - a new record high.

The number of active Covid-19 cases and patients requiring a ventilator also reached record highs today.

Today also marked the highest number of patients being discharged (12,373) ever.

The number of samples taken (153,728) the 24-hour period ending noon today was considerably high. It translates to an unofficial "positivity rate" of 11.32 percent.

• Active cases: 175,113
• Patients in ICU: 1,016
• Intubated: 529

States

Selangor (7,171)

Kuala Lumpur (2,880)

Kedah (1,112)

Sabah (913)

Negeri Sembilan (863)

Johor (767)

Penang (760)

Kelantan (532)

Malacca (531)

Terengganu (490)

Sarawak (464)

Pahang (429)

Perak (406)

Putrajaya (68)

Labuan (16)

Perlis (3)

More than 10,000 cases or 58 percent, were reported in the Klang Valley.

Kedah also reported over 1,000 cases for the fourth day in a row.

As of yesterday, the R-naught for the country remained at 1.14 for the second consecutive day. A R-naught of more than 1.00 suggests that the spread of Covid-19 was accelerating. 

The only regions in the country where the R-naught was below 1.00 are Negeri Sembilan and Labuan. 

Deaths

The Health Ministry reported 143 new deaths attributed to Covid-19 today. The national death toll has reached 8,551. 

Selangor (41) reported the most deaths followed by Negeri Sembilan (21), Johor (17), Kuala Lumpur (14), Perak (11), Kedah (10), Sabah (9), Malacca (7), Penang (5), Kelantan (5) and Pahang (3).

Approximately one in 10 deaths involved victims who were pronounced dead upon arrival at the hospital.

Clusters

There are 1,050 active Covid-19 clusters being monitored currently, up from 880 exactly a month ago.

Another 42 new Covid-19 clusters were classified today of which 20 were releated to workplaces.

Lorong Perindustrian Bukit Minyak 21 cluster
Category: Workplace
State(s): Pulau pinang
District(s): Seberang Perai Utara, Seberang Perai Tengah, Seberang Perai Selatan, Barat Daya and Timur Laut
Total infected: 34 out of 606 screened

Industri Bukit Minyak 88A cluster
Category: Workplace
State(s): Penang
District(s): Seberang Perai Tengah and Seberang Perai Selatan
Total infected: 30 out of 800 screened

Jalan Penang cluster
Category: Workplace
State(s): Penang
District(s): Timur Laut
Total infected: 25 out of 52 screened

Industri Persiaran Cassia Selatan cluster
Category: Workplace
State(s): Penang
District(s): Seberang Perai Selatan
Total infected: 25 out of 203 screened

Tapak Bina Depot Laluan Klang cluster
Category: Workplace
State(s): Selangor
District(s): Klang
Total infected: 145 out of 284 screened

Industri Jalan Salleh cluster
Category: Workplace
State(s): Selangor
District(s): Klang, Hulu Langat, Petaling and Kuala Selangor
Total infected: 123 out of 1,041 screened

Industri Selesa 2 cluster
Category: Workplace
State(s): Selangor
District(s): Hulu Langat
Total infected: 118 out of 173 screened

Jalan Jurutera 23 cluster
Category: Workplace
State(s): Selangor
District(s): Petaling and Klang
Total infected: 19 out of 110 screened

Tapak Bina Desa Pahlawan cluster
Category: Workplace
State(s): Kuala Lumpur
District(s): Titiwangsa
Total infected: 34 out of 240 screened

Desa Tun 2 cluster
Category: Workplace
State(s): Kuala Lumpur
District(s): Cheras
Total infected: 26 out of 217 screened

Jalan Langkawi cluster
Category: Workplace
State(s): Kuala Lumpur
District(s): Titiwangsa
Total infected: 7 out of 37 screened

Jalan PBR 38 cluster
Category: Workplace
State(s): Malacca
District(s): Alor Gajah and Melaka Tengah
Total infected: 38 out of 165 screened

Jalan Food City cluster
Category: Workplace
State(s): Malacca
District(s): Melaka Tengah
Total infected: 27 out of 90 screened

Tapak Bina Ayer Salak cluster
Category: Workplace
State(s): Malacca
District(s): Melaka Tengah
Total infected: 26 out of 50 screened

Jalan Platinum Empat cluster
Category: Workplace
State(s): Johor
District(s): Johor Bahru
Total infected: 16 out of 61 screened

Jalan Gemilang Sembilan cluster
Category: Workplace
State(s): Johor
District(s): Johor Bahru
Total infected: 16 out of 77 screened

Dah Puteri Industri Baling cluster
Category: Workplace
State(s): Kedah
District(s): Baling, Kuala Muda, Kulim and Sik
Total infected: 86 out of 364 screened

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