Covid-19 (Jan 20): 3,764 cases, highest in 3 weeks

 

COVID-19 | The Health Ministry reported 3,764 new Covid-19 cases today, bringing the cumulative infections to 2,820,927.

The fresh infections today is the highest in 21 days, since Dec 30.

However, the number of hospital admissions of confirmed Covid-19 patients in the last seven days have declined by 21.4 percent compared to the preceding week.

Currently, only Malacca is experiencing a Covid-19 hospital bed utilisation rate of above 80 percent.

The breakdown of new cases according to states will only be published after midnight. The figures for yesterday (Jan 19), where 3,229 new cases were reported, are as follow:

Selangor (776)
Johor (466)
Kuala Lumpur (352)
Kelantan (295)
Kedah (259)
Sabah (242)
Negeri Sembilan (181)
Pahang (170)
Penang (147)
Perak (138)
Malacca (77)
Terengganu (68)
Putrajaya (22)
Sarawak (21)
Perlis (9)
Labuan (6)

[More to follow] -Mkini