Covid-19 (Jan 28): 4,094 new cases, 10 deaths

 

COVID-19 | The Health Ministry today reported 4,094 new Covid-19 cases and 10 deaths.

This is the fourth time daily case numbers exceed 4,000, all four of which were recorded in the past two weeks.

Today's tally is also the second-highest ever recorded in Malaysia, after 4,275 cases were recorded last Saturday.

 Leading indicators:

• Active cases: 43,192↑ (803 more than the previous day)
  
• Patients in ICU: 303 ↓ (11 less than the previous day)
• Intubated patients: 118 ↓ (4 more than the previous day)
• Deaths: 10

Klang Valley cases account for 55.3 percent of the national total today, but Johor also recorded a substantial number of cases (17.5 percent).

The number of cases detected through "other screenings" in Kuala Lumpur account for 361 out of 678 cases (53.2 percent) of cases.

There is no way to discern how many of these cases were detected among those with symptoms but are not linked to existing clusters because the Kuala Lumpur health department does not provide such figures, unlike Selangor and Perak.

Of the 4,094 new cases, 81.4 percent involved Malaysians.

Details of the new cases, by states, are as follows:

Selangor (1,577)
Existing clusters: 252
New cluster(s): 12 (Jalan Pakat)
Close contacts: 998
Imported: 3
Other screenings: 312

Johor (717)
Existing clusters: 71
New cluster(s): 99 (Jalan Faizal, Jalan Satria, Jalan Dewani Satu)
Close contacts: 348
Other screenings: 199

Kuala Lumpur (678)
Existing clusters: 57
Close contacts: 256
Imported: 4
Other screenings: 361

Sabah (282)
Existing clusters: 7
Close contacts: 185
Other screenings: 90

Sarawak (171)
Existing clusters: 80
New cluster(s): 4 (Indah Riang)
Imported: 1
Other screenings: 86

Penang (99)
Existing clusters: 31
Close contacts: 38
Other screenings: 30

Perak (94)
Existing clusters: 15
Close contacts: 53
Other screenings: 26

Kedah (92)
Existing clusters: 19
Close contacts: 41
Other screenings: 32

Terengganu (80)
Existing clusters: 12
Close contacts: 48
Other screenings: 20

Malacca (73)
Existing clusters: 13
New cluster(s): 3 (Jalan Kejora)
Close contacts: 29
Other screenings: 28

Pahang (72)
Existing clusters: 20
New cluster(s): 13 (Industri Peramu Jaya, Kampung Kemansur)
Close contacts: 22
Other screenings: 17

Labuan (55)
Existing clusters: 32
New cluster(s): 7
Close contacts: 8
Other screenings: 8

Negeri Sembilan (48)
Existing clusters: 16
Close contacts: 19
Other screenings: 13

Kelantan (37)
Existing clusters: 3
Close contacts: 21
Other screenings: 13

Putrajaya (10)
Close contacts: 8
Other screenings: 2

Perlis (9)
Other screenings: 9

Deaths

Ten deaths have been reported today including two youths with no history of chronic illnesses.

Overall, the deaths were recorded in Selangor (3), Sabah (3), Kuala Lumpur (2), Kedah (1), and Sarawak (1).

The current national Covid-19 death toll stood at 717. The number of Covid-19 deaths this month stood at 246, up from 111 last month.

Details of the deceased, comprising nine Malaysians and one non-citizen, are as follows:

Patient 104,617 - Malaysian male, 67, passed away at the Sungai Buloh Hospital, Selangor.

Patient 147,241 - Malaysian female, 78, passed away at the Sultanah Bahiyah Hospital, Alor Setar, Kedah.

Patient 152,482 - Malaysian male, 69, passed away at the Sungai Buloh Hospital, Selangor.

Patient 154,697 - Malaysian female, 79, passed away at the Sibu Hospital, Sarawak.

Patient 177,985 - Malaysian male, 67, passed away at the Keningau Hospital, Sabah.

Patient 185,121 - Malaysian male, 63, passed away at the Lahad Datu Hospital, Sabah

Patient 185,180 - Malaysian male, 62, passed away and body brought to Lahad Datu Hospital, Sabah.

Patient 188,114 - Malaysian female, 89, passed away at the Ampang Hospital, Selangor.

Patient 192,098 - Malaysian male, 22, passed away at the Chancellor Tuanku Muhriz Hospital, Cheras, Kuala Lumpur.

Patient 191,252 - Non-citizen male, 32, passed away and body brought to the Kajang Hospital, Selangor.

For the last two cases that involved young adults, their case numbers suggest they were diagnosed sometime between noon of Jan 26 and the noon of Jan 27.

Nevertheless, it appears Patient 191,252 had not been admitted to a hospital by the time of death.

For context, in fatal Covid-19 cases, death usually occurs two to eight weeks after the onset of symptoms.

[More to follow]

 - Mkini