Covid-19 (Sept 6) : 17,352 new cases and 272 deaths today, easing in Klang Valley, but not in Sarawak

 

COVID-19 | The number of Covid-19 infections today reported today by the Health Ministry was 17,352 cases.

The Klang Valley's combined daily case count has gone down to levels not seen since late June and today it is half of daily case count reported in East Malaysia.

Sarawak, with a vaccination rate that rivals the Klang Valley, is seeing a continued uptrend in new cases and hospitalisation. [see chart below]

There are 268 out of 17,352 new Covid-19 cases are in Category 1 or 2 (require supplementary oxygen). Of this group, 28.7 percent are fully vaccinated. 

As of yesterday, the R naught has dropped to 0.95, down from 1.04 a month ago. A R-naught of less than 1.00 suggests that the spread of Covid-19 is decelerating.

However, there are places where the R-naught is above 1.00 - Sarawak, Perlis, Johor, Terengganu, Penang, Perak, Kelantan and Sabah.

Active Covid-19 cases are on a eight-day downward trend, while the number of patients requiring intensive care is trending down slowly as well.

• Active cases: 252,668
• Patients in ICUs: 1,355
• Intubated: 745

New cases by state:

Sarawak - 3,714
Selangor - 2,126
Sabah - 1,844
Johor - 2,101
Kedah - 1,599
Penang - 1,558
Kelantan - 1,213
Perak - 1,082 Terengganu - 700
Pahang - 463
KL - 398
Malacca - 295
Negri Sembilan - 193
Perlis - 38
Putrajaya - 23
Labuan - 5 

Deaths

The Health Ministry reported another 272 new deaths that are attributed to Covid-19, bringing the national death toll to 18,491.

There were 81 victims who were pronounced dead upon arrival at the hospital.

Selangor and Johor (63) reported the most deaths followed by Sabah (31), Kuala Lumpur (21), Penang (20), Sarawak (17), Kedah (14), Negeri Sembilan (9), Kelantan (8), Terengganu (7), Malacca (6), Pahang (6), Perak (5) and Perlis (2).

Clusters

A total of 1,453 out of 4,921 Covid-19 clusters are still active.

There were 30 new clusters classified today of which 16 were related to workplaces.

Tapak Bina Gerbang Selatan cluster
Category: Workplace
State(s): Johor
District(s): Johor Bahru
Total infected: 117 out of 183 screened

Parit Kadir Darat cluster
Category: Workplace
State(s): Johor
District(s): Muar
Total infected: 97 out of 138 screened

Perindustrian Petaling Larkin cluster
Category: Workplace
State(s): Johor
District(s): Johor Bahru
Total infected: 93 out of 240 screened

Industri Kampung Jawa Segamat cluster
Category: Workplace
State(s): Johor
District(s): Segamat
Total infected: 48 out of 63 screened

Industri Mega Satu Cemerlang cluster
Category: Workplace
State(s): Johor
District(s): Johor Bahru
Total infected: 23 out of 172 screened

Jalan Perniagaan Setia Satu cluster
Category: Workplace
State(s): Johor
District(s): Johor Bahru
Total infected: 11 out of 63 screened

Jalan Tanjung Balau cluster
Category: Workplace
State(s): Johor
District(s): Kota Tinggi
Total infected: 10 out of 110 screened

Galaxy cluster
Category: Workplace
State(s): Sarawak
District(s): Bintulu
Total infected: 47 out of 166 screened

Jalan Bulan Sabit cluster
Category: Workplace
State(s): Sarawak
District(s): Miri
Total infected: 17 out of 86 screened

Sawit 16 cluster
Category: Workplace
State(s): Sarawak
District(s): Beluru
Total infected: 12 out of 31 screened

Industri Integrasi Rawang Tiga 2 cluster
Category: Workplace
State(s): Selangor
District(s): Gombak
Total infected: 27 out of 39 screened

Tapak Bina Jalan Myra Alam cluster
Category: Workplace
State(s): Selangor
District(s): Kuala Selangor
Total infected: 18 out of 159 screened

Jalan Persinggahan cluster
Category: Workplace
State(s): Terengganu
District(s): Kuala Terengganu, Kuala Nerus, Marang and Hulu Terengganu
Total infected: 35 out of 133 screened

Jalan Taman Melati cluster
Category: Workplace
State(s): Kuala Lumpur
District(s): Titiwangsa
Total infected: 19 out of 33 screened

Tapak Bina Jalan Lembah cluster
Category: Workplace
State(s): Penang
District(s): Timur Laut
Total infected: 64 out of 103 screened

Sawit Simpang Batu 38 cluster
Category: Workplace
State(s): Sabah
District(s): Nabawan
Total infected: 87 out of 309 screened

Kampung Padang Nipah cluster
Category: Community
State(s): Kelantan
District(s): Bachok
Total infected: 15 out of 31 screened

Kampung Apa Apa cluster
Category: Community
State(s): Kelantan
District(s): Kota Bharu and Pasir Mas
Total infected: 15 out of 23 screened

Kampung Rupek cluster
Category: Community
State(s): Kelantan
District(s): Kota Bharu
Total infected: 9 out of 15 screened

Kampung Tasek Bakong Hulu cluster
Category: Community
State(s): Kelantan
District(s): Pasir Mas
Total infected: 5 out of 5 screened

Tanah Mawang cluster
Category: Community
State(s): Sarawak
District(s): Serian
Total infected: 73 out of 95 screened

Annah Rais cluster
Category: Community
State(s): Sarawak
District(s): Kuching
Total infected: 32 out of 50 screened

Kampung Maras cluster
Category: Community
State(s): Terengganu
District(s): Kuala Nerus and Kuala Terengganu
Total infected: 107 out of 827 screened

Jalan Sungai Pulau cluster
Category: High-risk group
State(s): Perak
District(s): Larut, Matang and Selama
Total infected: 44 out of 112 screened

Jalan Lasah cluster
Category: High-risk group
State(s): Perak
District(s): Kuala Kangsar
Total infected: 23 out of 36 screened

Jalan Haji Wahab cluster
Category: High-risk group
State(s): Perak
District(s): Perak Tengah
Total infected: 12 out of 51 screened

Jalan Batu Lintang cluster
Category: High-risk group
State(s): Sarawak
District(s): Kuching
Total infected: 11 out of 14 screened

Jalan Habab Kota Tinggi cluster
Category: Education
State(s): Johor
District(s): Kota Tinggi
Total infected: 6 out of 66 screened

Jalan Rantau Panjang cluster
Category: Education
State(s): Selangor
District(s): Klang
Total infected: 25 out of 56 screened

Bawah Bayu cluster
Category: Detention Centre
State(s): Sabah
District(s): Tuaran and Kota Kinabalu
Total infected: 63 out of 63 screened

- Mkini