Covid-19 (Nov 17): 6,288 cases, hospitalisations up

 

COVID-19 | The Health Ministry today reported 6,288 new Covid-19 cases today, bringing the cumulative infections to 2,563,153.

Hospital admissions have been on the rise, increasing by 6.9 percent in the last seven days compared to the preceding week.

Daily admissions in Klang Valley are up 17 percent. Other regions with higher admission rates are Malacca (+80 percent), Negeri Sembilan (+39 percent), Kedah (+18 percent) and Perak (+18 percent).

Nationally, the hospitalisation of Covid-19 patients are on a 10 day uptrend.

The R-naught (Covid-19 case reproduction rate) is above 1.00 in Selangor, Kelantan, Malacca, Putrajaya, Negeri Sembilan, Kedah and Pahang.

The breakdown of new cases reported today will only be available after midnight. These are yesterday's (Nov 16) breakdown:

Selangor (1,217)
Kelantan (743)
Sabah (487)
Johor (479)
Kedah (439)
Pahang (329)
Kuala Lumpur (312)
Sarawak (266)
Terengganu (261)
Perak (250)
Penang (236)
Negeri Sembilan (198)
Malacca (116)
Putrajaya (51)
Perlis (25)
Labuan (4)

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