COVID-19 | The Health Ministry reported 5,736 new Covid-19 cases today, bringing the cumulative infections to 2,882,060.
The fresh infections today is the highest in 62 days, since Dec 2.
As of yesterday, the hospital utilisation rate stands at 60.2 percent while the intensive care unit occupancy rate is 49.9 percent.
Meanwhile, the infectivity rate continued to inch upwards to 1.15, firmly putting the country's Covid-19 cases on an ascending trajectory.
The value must be kept under 1.0 to prevent exponential growth in fresh infections.
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 1), where 5,566 new cases were reported, is as follow:
Selangor (1,258)
Johor (868)
Kedah (581)
Sabah (490)
Kelantan (456)
Kuala Lumpur (430)
Penang (426)
Malacca (250)
Negeri Sembilan (216)
Pahang (204)
Perak (160)
Terengganu (102)
Putrajaya (61)
Perlis (44)
Sarawak (17)
Labuan (3)
The most significant surges were seen in Johor, Kedah and Penang where fresh infections spike to the highest level in more than 100 days.
[More to follow] - Mkini
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