COVID-19 | The Health Ministry today reported 6,380 new Covid-19 cases today, bringing the cumulative infections to 2,569,533.
Nationally, hospital admissions have been on the rise, increasing by 5 percent in the last seven days compared to the preceding week.
The rise was largely contributed by Kuala Lumpur (+47.2 percent), Negeri Sembilan (+23.8 percent), Kedah (+15.6 percent), Perak (+11.9 percent), Johor (+11.9 percent) and Selangor (+11.5 percent) during the said period.
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 17), where 6,288 new cases were reported, is as follows:
Selangor (1,615)
Kelantan (804)
Sabah (599)
Johor (538)
Kedah (425)
Kuala Lumpur (403)
Pahang (377)
Sarawak (300)
Terengganu (299)
Negeri Sembilan (244)
Perak (243)
Penang (221)
Malacca (137)
Putrajaya (28)
Labuan (28)
Perlis (27)
Labuan, which had been the poster child for vaccination's success against new infection, reported the highest number of cases in 116 days since July 25.
The R-naught (Covid-19 case reproduction rate) in Labuan is at 1.29 the highest in the country, suggesting that the virus is spreading in the territorty.
[More to follow] - Mkini
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