Covid-19 (July 1): 6,988 new cases, veering further from NRP target

COVID-19 | The Health Ministry today reported 6,988 new Covid-19 cases.

As a seven-day average, the number of new Covid-19 cases has been trending up and further away from the 4,000 daily case number target to enter Phase 2 of the National Recovery Plan (NRP).

The number of ICU patients has also increased from 905 cases yesterday (seven-day average: 886).

• Active cases: 65,453
• Patients in ICUs: 917
• Intubated: 445

As of last night, the R-naught figure for Malaysia has risen to 1.05, up from a recent low of 0.90 on June 12. An R-naught of more than 1.00 suggests that the spread of Covid-19 was accelerating. 

The regions where the R-naught was more than 1.00 are Selangor, Malacca, Kuala Lumpur, Putrajaya, Negeri Sembilan, Pahang and Perak.

The only region showing any significant reduction in Covid-19 spread is Terengganu (0.67).

Deaths

There were 84 fatalities today, bringing the death toll to 5,254.

The new deaths were recorded in Selangor (46), Johor (6), Kuala Lumpur (6), Negeri Sembilan (6), Sabah (5), Sarawak (4), Malacca (4), Labuan (3), Pahang (2), Putrajaya (1) and Terengganu (1).

The youngest victim was a 23-year-old male. The remaining deaths were aged between 30 and 90.

Nine of the 84 deaths had occurred before the deceased was brought to a hospital.

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

New cases by state

Selangor (2,885)
Kuala Lumpur (988)
Negeri Sembilan (692)
Sarawak (544)
Malacca (311)
Johor (270)
Kedah (250)
Sabah (232)
Pahang (195)
Penang (174)
Perak (149)
Labuan (129)
Kelantan (108)
Terengganu (50)
Putrajaya (10)
Perlis (1)

Clusters

A total of 887 out of 2,865 clusters are still active. This includes the 21 new clusters reported today.

Details of the new clusters are as follow:

Dah Batik Industri Sungai Petani
Category: Workplace
State(s): Kedah
District(s): Kuala Muda
Total infected: 35 out of 103 screened

Dah Mawar Biru
Category: Workplace
State(s): Kedah
District(s): Bandar Baharu
Total infected: 12 out of 33 screened

Dah Lima Industri Sungai Petani
Category: Workplace
State(s): Kedah
District(s): Kuala Muda
Total infected: 34 out of 182 screened

Industri MIEL Bayan Lepas
Category: Workplace
State(s): Penang
District(s): Barat Daya and Timur Laut
Total infected: 15 out of 78 screened

Lorong Perusahaan Maju Lapan
Category: Workplace
State(s): Penang
District(s): Seberang Perai Tengah
Total infected: 9 out of 97 screened

Jalan Perusahaan Maju Sembilan
Category: Workplace
State(s): Penang and Perak
District(s): Seberang Perai Tengah and Kerian
Total infected: 13 out of 498 screened

Industri Balakong Empat
Category: Workplace
State(s): Selangor
District(s): Hulu Langat
Total infected: 23 out of 71 screened

Industri Perusahaan Selesa Jaya
Category: Workplace
State(s): Selangor
District(s): Hulu Langat
Total infected: 13 out of 67 screened

Jalan Sin Chew Kee
Category: Workplace
State(s): Kuala Lumpur
District(s): Lembah Pantai
Total infected: 9 out of 18 screened

Kampung Telok Kemang
Category: Workplace
State(s): Johor
District(s): Muar
Total infected: 31 out of 43 screened

Jalan Industri Enam Jelapang
Category: Workplace
State(s): Perak
District(s): Kinta
Total infected: 8 out of 163 screened

Kampung Tengah Tanah Merah
Category: Community
State(s): Kelantan
District(s): Tanah Merah
Total infected: 8 out of 19 screened

Kampung Redang Gunong
Category: Community
State(s): Kelantan
District(s): Bachok and Kota Bharu
Total infected: 9 out of 18 screened

Kampung Bagus
Category: Community
State(s): Kelantan
District(s): Pasir Mas
Total infected: 8 out of 14 screened

Kampung Hutan Banggol
Category: Community
State(s): Kelantan
District(s): Kota Bharu and Bachok
Total infected: 15 out of 24 screened

Taman SP Mahang
Category: Community
State(s): Kelantan
District(s): Kota Bharu
Total infected: 8 out of 14 screened

Seri Semarak
Category: Community
State(s): Kuala Lumpur
District(s): Titiwangsa
Total infected: 72 out of 705 screened

Nahaba 2
Category: Community
State(s): Sabah
District(s): Kota Belud
Total infected: 27 out of 136 screened

Dah Tanjung Setol
Category: Community
State(s): Kedah
District(s): Pendang
Total infected: 31 out of 61 screened

Jalan Lagenda
Category: Community
State(s): Johor
District(s): Tangkak
Total infected: 18 out of 38 screened

Jalan Residensi
Category: High-risk group
State(s): Penang
District(s): Timur Laut
Total infected: 29 out of 127 screened