Covid-19 (June 24) - 5,841 new cases, 84 deaths, 30 new clusters

COVID-19 | The Health Ministry today reported 5,841 new Covid-19 cases and 84 deaths.

The number of active Covid-19 cases rose to 61,162 breaking an 18-day continuous drop. 

The number of patients requiring intensive care has dropped slightly as has the number of patients requiring a ventilator.

• Active cases: 61,162
• Patients in ICU: 869
• Intubated: 438

Breakdown by states

• Selangor (2,072)
• Negeri Sembilan (781)
• Sarawak (581)
• Kuala Lumpur (552)
• Johor (346)
• Kedah (271)
• Malacca (247)
• Labuan (212)
• Sabah (203)
• Pahang (162)
• Kelantan (135)
• Perak (120)
• Penang (108)
• Terengganu (29)
• Putrajaya (17)
• Perlis (5)

Although most new Covid-19 cases are concentrated in the Klang Valley, Negeri Sembilan and Sarawak, regions such as Pahang appear to have a growing number of cases.

Pahang (162) reported cases in the three digits for the third straight day after nine days of reporting numbers in the two digits.

Terengganu (29) and Penang (108) appear to be the only states where things are relatively under control based on the past week's data.

In Selangor, an alarming one in 5.6 new Covid-19 cases was only detected after a person reported Covid-19 symptoms but not linked to existing clusters or close contacts.

As of yesterday, the R-naught figure for the country had inched up to 0.97. As long as the R-naught remains below 1.00, it is an indication that the spread of Covid-19 is slowing down.

The only region where the R-naught was more than 1.05 was Negeri Sembilan (1.03). The regions with the lowest R-naught figures are Terengganu (0.69), Putrajaya (0.78) and Pahang (0.84).

Deaths

The Health Ministry today reported another 84 deaths attributed to Covid-19. The national death toll has reached 4,721.

There have been 1,925 people who have died of Covid-19 in the month of June alone, or 40 percent of all Covid-19 deaths reported so far.

On average, 80 people die from Covid-19 daily or around 3.3 deaths per hour.

There were 12 victims today who were aged 40 and below. One victim was only eight years old. Eleven victims were already dead when they were brought to the hospital.

Selangor (32) reported the most deaths followed by Kuala Lumpur (10), Negeri Sembilan (10), Kelantan (8), Johor (7), Kedah (6), Labuan (3), Perak (2), Pahang (2), Malacca (2), Sabah (1) and Terengganu (1).

Details of the victims are documented on Malaysiakini's Covid-19 tracker page.

Clusters

The Health Ministry is currently monitoring 867 active Covid-19 clusters. Exactly a month ago, there were 570 active clusters.

There were 30 new clusters that were classified today of which 20 were related to workplaces and nine due to community spreads.

Tapak Bina Persiaran Aspirasi cluster
Category: Workplace
State(s): Selangor
District(s): Sepang
Total infected: 16 out of 23 screened

Sungai Linau cluster
Category: Workplace
State(s): Selangor
District(s): Sepang
Total infected: 12 out of 228 screened

Jalan Langat Utama Satu cluster
Category: Workplace
State(s): Selangor
District(s): Kuala Langat
Total infected: 12 out of 12 screened

Industri Jalan Kilang Bestari cluster
Category: Workplace
State(s): Selangor
District(s): Kuala Selangor
Total infected: 22 out of 102 screened

Industri Jalan Seruling 57 cluster
Category: Workplace
State(s): Selangor
District(s): Klang
Total infected: 101 out of 319 screened

Industri Rawang Perdana Satu cluster
Category: Workplace
State(s): Selangor
District(s): Gombak, Hulu Selangor, Klang and Petaling
Total infected: 28 out of 157 screened

Industri Mahkota Beranang cluster
Category: Workplace
State(s): Selangor
District(s): Hulu Langat
Total infected: 36 out of 327 screened

Industri Jalan Udang cluster
Category: Workplace
State(s): Selangor
District(s): Klang
Total infected: 22 out of 144 screened

Jalan Haruan Tujuh cluster
Category: Workplace
State(s): Negeri Sembilan
District(s): Seremban, Port Dickson and Rembau
Total infected: 81 out of 683 screened

Perusahaan Pantai cluster
Category: Workplace
State(s): Negeri Sembilan
District(s): Seremban, Jelebu, Kuala Pilah and Rembau
Total infected: 74 out of 114 screened

Permata Satu 2 cluster
Category: Workplace
State(s): Negeri Sembilan
District(s): Seremban
Total infected: 36 out of 542 screened

Jalan Sungai Antu cluster
Category: Workplace
State(s): Sarawak
District(s): Sibu and Meradong
Total infected: 24 out of 35 screened

Industri Murni Lapan cluster
Category: Workplace
State(s): Johor
District(s): Kulai and Johor Bahru
Total infected: 31 out of 214 screened

Jalan Keluli Industri cluster
Category: Workplace
State(s): Johor
District(s): Johor Bahru
Total infected: 21 out of 177 screened

Dah Industri Sungai Getah cluster
Category: Workplace
State(s): Kedah
District(s): Kuala Muda
Total infected: 16 out of 63 screened

Dah 3/5 Industri Sungai Petani cluster
Category: Workplace
State(s): Kedah
District(s): Kuala Muda
Total infected: 22 out of 173 screened

Paris Tiga cluster
Category: Workplace
State(s): Sabah
District(s): Kinabatangan
Total infected: 29 out of 88 screened

Taman Tun Dr Ismail cluster
Category: Workplace
State(s): Kuala Lumpur
District(s): Kepong
Total infected: 22 out of 92 screened

Pulai Jaya Sembilan cluster
Category: Workplace
State(s): Perak
District(s): Kinta
Total infected: 6 out of 35 screened

Sentral Triang cluster
Category: Workplace
State(s): Pahang
District(s): Bera
Total infected: 18 out of 137 screened

Jalan Kubur cluster
Category: Community
State(s): Kuala Lumpur
District(s): Lembah Pantai
Total infected: 53 out of 79 screened

Pantai Ria cluster
Category: Community
State(s): Kuala Lumpur
District(s): Lembah Pantai
Total infected: 98 out of 314 screened

Taman Bukit Angkasa cluster
Category: Community
State(s): Kuala Lumpur
District(s): Lembah Pantai
Total infected: 101 out of 311 screened

Kampung Kajang Sebidang cluster
Category: Community
State(s): Kelantan
District(s): Tumpat
Total infected: 30 out of 35 screened

Taman Kurnia Jaya cluster
Category: Community
State(s): Kelantan
District(s): Kota Bharu
Total infected: 28 out of 63 screened

Dah 30 Relong cluster
Category: Community
State(s): Kedah
District(s): Pendang
Total infected: 21 out of 62 screened

Brumas Camp cluster
Category: Community
State(s): Sabah
District(s): Kalabakan
Total infected: 20 out of 75 screened

Jalan Senai Jaya Satu cluster
Category: Community
State(s): Johor
District(s): Kulai
Total infected: 16 out of 51 screened

Sungai Separai cluster
Category: Community
State(s): Sarawak
District(s): Tatau
Total infected: 33 out of 89 screened

Jalan Cox cluster
Category: High-risk group
State(s): Selangor
District(s): Klang
Total infected: 15 out of 40 screened

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