Covid-19 (Oct 15): 7,420 cases

COVID-19 | The Health Ministry reported 7,420 new Covid-19 cases today, bringing the cumulative case count to 2,377,033.

They were surpassed by a total of 11,413 Covid-19 patients who recovered today. This is expected to help reduce the number of active cases.

• Patients in ICU: 700
• Intubated: 364

As of today, the number of Covid-19 patients (including suspected ones) in the intensive care unit (ICU) is 11.5 percent lower compared to a week ago.

Those who require intubation have also declined by 5.5 percent from a week ago.

Beginning Oct 9, 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 (Oct 14), where 8,084 new cases were reported, is as follows:

Selangor (1,630)
Sarawak (1,061)
Kelantan (896)
Johor (804)
Sabah (691)
Penang (587)
Terengganu (452)
Kedah (416)
Perak (409)
Kuala Lumpur (304)
Pahang (289)
Malacca (255)
Negeri Sembilan (184)
Perlis (82)
Putrajaya (24)
Labuan (0)

As of yesterday, the R-naught for Malaysia has stood at 0.88 for four consecutive days. A R-naught of less than 1.00 suggests that the spread of Covid-19 is decelerating.

The only states with an R-naught of more than 1.00 are Negeri Sembilan and Putrajaya.

Clusters

To date, 721 Covid-19 clusters are still active, including 13 new clusters reported today.

The ongoing clusters have fallen by 17.5 percent from the 874 active clusters a week ago.

The 13 new clusters today comprised nine workplace clusters (69.2 percent), three community clusters (23.1 percent) and one cluster involving an educational facility that is not under the Education Ministry's jurisdiction (7.7 percent).

Nadim
Category: Workplace
States: Johor
District(s): Kota Tinggi
Initial tests: 10 out of 580 infected (1.7 percent)

Industri Jalan Kapal Layar
Category: Workplace
States: Johor
District(s): Batu Pahat
Initial tests: 10 out of 30 infected (33.3 percent)

Dah Bukit Pinang
Category: Workplace
States: Kedah
District(s): Kota Setar
Initial tests: 11 out of 33 infected (33.3 percent)

Batu Lima Sunggala
Category: Workplace
States: Negeri Sembilan
District(s): Port Dickson
Initial tests: 52 out of 242 infected (21.5 percent)

Jeti Jalan Selancar
Category: WorkplaceStates: Pahang
District(s): Rompin
Initial tests: 34 out of 43 infected (79.1 percent)

Industri Bukit Minyak Bukit Mertajam
Category: Workplace
States: Penang
District(s): Seberang Perai Tengah and Seberang Perai Selatan
Initial tests: 18 out of 28 infected (64.3 percent)

Industri Perabot Olak Lempit 2
Category: Workplace
States: Selangor
District(s): Kuala Langat and Hulu Langat
Initial tests: 45 out of 344 infected (13.1 percent)

Industri Tiga Jalan Kasawari
Category: Workplace
States: Selangor
District(s): Kuala Langat
Initial tests: 20 out of 65 infected (30.8 percent)

Industri Dua Jalan Padang Gajah
Category: Workplace
States: Selangor
District(s): Kuala Selangor
Initial tests: 5 out of 100 infected (5.0 percent)

Taman Makmur
Category: Community
States: Kelantan
District(s): Kota Bharu
Initial tests: 15 out of 21 infected (71.4 percent)

Kampung Sentoi
Category: Community
States: Pahang
District(s): Lipis
Initial tests: 14 out of 104 infected (13.5 percent)

Kampung Banting
Category: Community
States: Selangor
District(s): Sabak Bernam
Initial tests: 12 out of 27 infected (44.4 percent)

Persiaran Perdana
Category: Non-Education Ministry institution
States: Putrajaya
District(s): Putrajaya
Initial tests: 11 out of 33 infected (33.3 percent)

- Mkini