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COVID-19 | The Health Ministry today reported 5,413 new Covid-19 cases today, bringing the cumulative case count to 2,556,865.
Hospital bed use by Covid-19 patients are continuing on a nine day uptrend. Daily admissions are up 8.5 percent over the past seven days compared to the preceding week.
The Klang Valley saw admissions rise 20 percent over the past week compared to the preceding week. Other states with similar uptrends are Malacca, Negeri Sembilan, Kedah, Perak and Johor.
As of yesterday, the R-naught was 1.05. This figure has stayed stable for three days. However, as long as the R-naught is above 1.00, the figure suggests that the spread of Covid-19 is accelerating.
States with a R-naught of above 1.00 are Selangor, Kelantan, Kuala Lumpur, Putrajaya, Negeri Sembilan and Pahang.
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 (Nov 15), where 5,143 new cases were reported, is as follow:
Selangor (1,144)
Kelantan (706)
Sabah (500)
Johor (444)
Kedah (398)
Sarawak (287)
Terengganu (282)
Pahang (267)
Negeri Sembilan (239)
Kuala Lumpur (222)
Penang (220)
Perak (202)
Malacca (160)
Putrajaya (52)
Labuan (12)
Perlis (8)
[More to follow] - Mkini
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