Covid-19 (June 15) - 5,419 new cases, death toll exceeds 4,000

COVID-19 | The Health Ministry today reported 5,419 new Covid-19 cases and 101 deaths over the past 24 hours.

The number of active Covid-19 cases is still on a downward trend since peaking on June 6. 

However, the number of Covid-19 patients requiring intensive care reached a new record. 

• Active cases: 70,112
• Patients in ICUs: 922
• Intubated: 450

Breakdown by states

• Selangor (1,996)
• Sarawak (718)
• Kuala Lumpur (650)
• Negeri Sembilan (396)
• Johor (366)
• Kedah (252)
• Kelantan (245)
• Sabah (230)
• Malacca (155)
• Labuan (138)
• Penang (124)
• Perak (68)
• Terengganu (43)
• Pahang (32)
• Putrajaya (5)
• Perlis (1)

In Selangor (1,996), every one in seven new Covid-19 cases was detected among those with symptoms and are not linked to existing clusters or are close contacts. These cases are often termed as "sporadic cases".

As of yesterday, the R-naught figure was 0.92. The figure has been fluctuating over the past five days, after a steady decrease since May 29.

A R-naught figure of 1.00 and below suggests that the spread of Covid-19 is decelerating.

The only regions where the figure was more than 1.00 were Sabah, Kuala Lumpur, Labuan, Negeri Sembilan and Sarawak.

Deaths

The Health Ministry reported 101 new Covid-19 deaths bringing the national death toll to 4,069.

Selangor (50) reported the most deaths followed by Kuala Lumpur (11), Johor (10), Negeri Sembilan (8), Labuan (4), Pahang (3), Sabah (3), Kedah (3), Kelantan (3), Sarawak (2), Penang (1), Perak (1), Malacca (1) and Terengganu (1).

One in three out of the Covid-19 deaths were reported in the Greater Klang Valley (Selangor, Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya) alone.

While the Greater Klang Valley population makes up approximately 25 percent of the national population, this region has reported 37 percent of the nation's Covid-19 deaths.

For a detailed breakdown of the reported deaths today, please refer to our Covid-19 tracker site.

Clusters

The number of active Covid-19 clusters has reached 778. The figure was 466 exactly a month ago.

Another 19 new clusters were classified today of which 14 were related to workplaces.

Industri Balakong Baru 11 cluster
Category: Workplace
State(s): Selangor
District(s): Hulu Langat
Total infected: 61 out of 282 screened

Industri Pulau Meranti cluster
Category: Workplace
State(s): Selangor
District(s): Sepang
Total infected: 57 out of 126 screened

Industri Jalan Berangan cluster
Category: Workplace
State(s): Selangor
District(s): Klang
Total infected: 74 out of 113 screened

Industri Meranti Jaya 13 cluster
Category: Workplace
State(s): Selangor
District(s): Sepang
Total infected: 81 out of 137 screened

Industri Jalan Serendah cluster
Category: Workplace
State(s): Selangor
District(s): Petaling
Total infected: 24 out of 234 screened

Industri Perusahaan Dua Bangi cluster
Category: Workplace
State(s): Selangor
District(s): Hulu Langat and Petaling
Total infected: 42 out of 218 screened

Jalan Keluli Lama cluster
Category: Workplace
State(s): Johor
District(s): Johor Bahru
Total infected: 12 out of 46 screened

Kasap cluster
Category: Workplace
State(s): Johor
District(s): Segamat
Total infected: 9 out of 12 screened

Dulang cluster
Category: Workplace
State(s): Sarawak
District(s): Subis, Miri and Bintulu
Total infected: 39 out of 289 screened

Jalan Daya cluster
Category: Workplace
State(s): Sarawak
District(s): Kuching
Total infected: 27 out of 153 screened

Tingkat Perusahaan Empat cluster
Category: Workplace
State(s): Penang
District(s): Seberang Perai Utara and Seberang Perai Tengah
Total infected: 25 out of 151 screened

Industri Teknologi Cheng 28 cluster
Category: Workplace
State(s): Malacca
District(s): Melaka Tengah
Total infected: 27 out of 79 screened

Tapak Bina Wangsa Kuarza cluster
Category: Workplace
State(s): Kuala Lumpur
District(s): Titiwangsa
Total infected: 14 out of 242 screened

Dah Industri Arang cluster
Category: Workplace
State(s): Kedah
District(s): Kuala Muda and Sik
Total infected: 17 out of 107 screened

Nanga Sejugam cluster
Category: Community
State(s): Sarawak
District(s): Julau
Total infected: 64 out of 148 screened

Nanga Strass cluster
Category: Community
State(s): Sarawak
District(s): Meradong
Total infected: 29 out of 72 screened

Kampung Kolong cluster
Category: Community
State(s): Sarawak
District(s): Kuching
Total infected: 44 out of 52 screened

Desa Rejang cluster
Category: Community
State(s): Kuala Lumpur
District(s): Titiwangsa
Total infected: 260 out of 491 screened

Jalan Mesra cluster
Category: High-risk group
State(s): Kuala Lumpur and Selangor
District(s): Titiwangsa and Hulu Langat
Total infected: 25 out of 32 screened

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