Covid-19 (Feb 4): 7,234 cases, highest since last October

 

COVID-19 | The number of new Covid-19 cases are continuing to climb, logging 7,234 today.

This is the highest number of new daily cases since Oct 16 (111 days).

The number of active Covid-19 cases has risen to 61,429 as of yesterday - up 55 percent compared to a month ago.

As of yesterday, 3,298 Covid-19 patients have been hospitalised, up 22 percent from a recent low of 2,698 on Jan 20.

The R-naught for the country yesterday was 1.11. At the state level, the highest R-naught is in Perlis (1.25) followed by Johor (1.20).

Apart from Labuan, no part of the country has a R-naught of less than 1.00. A R-naught of more than 1.00 suggests that the spread of Covid-19 was accelerating.

The breakdown of new cases according to states will only be available after midnight. These are the figures for yesterday (5,720 new cases):

Selangor (1,563)
Johor (932)
Kedah (486)
Sabah (476)
Penang (387)
Kuala Lumpur (358)
Pahang (330)
Malacca (301)
Kelantan (258)
Perak (218)
Negeri Sembilan (210)
Terengganu (100)
Putrajaya (44)
Perlis (32)
Sarawak (20)
Labuan (5)

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