Covid-19 (July 8): Record 135 deaths; 8,868 cases with 4,152 in Selangor

COVID-19 | The Covid-19 pandemic situation in the country continues to deteriorate with a record 135 deaths reported amid political upheaval with Umno threatening the collapse of the Perikatan Nasional government.

The Health Ministry today reported 8,868 new Covid-19 cases, the second-highest since the start of the pandemic.

This is only 152 cases shy of 9,020, the highest ever number of cases registered in a day, set on May 29.

Meanwhile, the number of patients in ICU has also hit a new record.

• Active cases: 77,275

• Patients in ICU: 952
• Intubated: 445

Selangor reported 4,152 new infections, the first time the state broke the 4,000 bar.

The state's previous record was 3,285 on Jan 30.

The Klang Valley accounted for 60.19 percent (5,332 cases) of new local infections while East Malaysia made up 7.04 percent (624 cases).

The new locally transmitted infections in the country comprised 77.52 percent Malaysians and 22.48 percent non-citizens.

Deaths

The 135 fatalities today put the death toll at 5,903.

The new deaths were recorded in Selangor (63), Kuala Lumpur (24), Johor (9), Malacca (8), Negeri Sembilan (8), Sarawak (4), Kelantan (4), Perak (3), Sabah (3), Pahang (3), Putrajaya (2), Penang (2), Labuan (1) and Terengganu (1).

The youngest victim was a 29-year-old non-citizen man. The remaining deaths were aged between 35 and 90.

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

New cases by state:

Selangor (4152)
Kuala Lumpur (1133)
Negeri Sembilan (897)
Perak (543)
Kedah (360)
Johor (336)
Sarawak (281)
Sabah (279)
Penang (237)
Malacca (183)
Pahang (152)
Kelantan (135)
Terengganu (68)
Labuan (64)
Putrajaya (47)
Perlis (1)

Vaccination Update

As of July 7, 29.9 percent out of an estimated adult population of 23,409,600 in the country have received at least the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine.

Around 12.97 percent have received their second dose. This does not include the under 18-year-old population.

Three states that are seeing the slowest vaccination (at least first dose) are Sabah (14.23 percent), Kedah (18.13 percent) and Johor (18.3 percent).

The fastest are Kuala Lumpur (93.89 percent), Putrajaya (72.12 percent) and Sarawak (62.85 percent).

The national registration rate for the Covid-19 vaccine stands at 74.55 percent.

The data is from the special committee on Covid-19 vaccine supply (JKJAV).

Clusters

A total of 855 out of 2,999 clusters are still active. This includes the 29 new clusters reported today.

Out of the 29 new clusters today, 19 were related to workplaces.

Details of the new clusters:

Jalan Radin Dua
Category: Workplace
State(s): Kuala Lumpur
District(s): Lembah Pantai
Total infected: 18 out of 39 screened

Jalan Medan Putra
Category: Workplace
State(s): Kuala Lumpur
District(s): Kepong
Total infected: 12 out of 22 screened

Taman Perusahaan Kepong
Category: Workplace
State(s): Kuala Lumpur
District(s): Kepong
Total infected: 7 out of 65 screened

Tapak Bina Jalan Sri Permaisuri
Category: Workplace
State(s): Kuala Lumpur
District(s): Cheras
Total infected: 132 out of 201 screened

Industri Jaya Sungai Buloh
Category: Workplace
State(s): Selangor
District(s): Gombak and Petaling
Total infected: 16 out of 67 screened

Putra Dua
Category: Workplace
State(s): Putrajaya, Kuala Lumpur and Selangor
District(s): Putrajaya, Titiwangsa and Petaling
Total infected: 13 out of 43 screened

Industri Sungai Lalang
Category: Workplace
State(s): Selangor
District(s): Hulu Langat
Total infected: 52 out of 531 screened

Tapak Bina Jenderam Hilir
Category: Workplace
State(s): Selangor
District(s): Sepang and Hulu Langat
Total infected: 32 out of 90 screened

Industri Bunga Tanjung
Category: Workplace
State(s): Negeri Sembilan
District(s): Seremban, Jelebu and Rembau
Total infected: 39 out of 208 screened

Industri Sendayan Metropark
Category: Workplace
State(s): Negeri Sembilan
District(s): Seremban
Total infected: 32 out of 48 screened

Industri Emas Satu
Category: Workplace
State(s): Negeri Sembilan
District(s): Seremban
Total infected: 103 out of 206 screened

Jalan Daiman
Category: Workplace
State(s): Johor
District(s): Kota Tinggi
Total infected: 11 out of 150 screened

Jalan Harmonium 33
Category: Workplace
State(s): Johor
District(s): Johor Bahru
Total infected: 8 out of 29 screened

Industri Bakri Empat
Category: Workplace
State(s): Johor
District(s): Muar
Total infected: 13 out of 24 screened

Jalan Tanah Putih
Category: Workplace
State(s): Pahang
District(s): Kuantan
Total infected: 25 out of 149 screened

Jalan Gebeng 1/11
Category: Workplace
State(s): Pahang
District(s): Kuantan
Total infected: 15 out of 91 screened

Industri Jalan Stapunal
Category: Workplace
State(s): Kelantan
District(s): Kuala Krai and Machang
Total infected: 16 out of 269 screened

Lebuh Pantai Baru
Category: Workplace
State(s): Perak
District(s): Manjung
Total infected: 22 out of 143 screened

Dah 90 Industri Sungai Petani
Category: Workplace
State(s): Kedah
District(s): Kuala Muda
Total infected: 20 out of 232 screened

Taman Tanjung Mas
Category: Community
State(s): Kelantan
District(s): Kota Bharu
Total infected: 15 out of 23 screened

Kampung Batu 8 1/4
Category: Community
State(s): Kelantan
District(s): Kota Bharu
Total infected: 10 out of 15 screened

Kampung Istimewa 2
Category: Community
State(s): Sabah
District(s): Sandakan
Total infected: 27 out of 261 screened

Lumadan
Category: Community
State(s): Sabah
District(s): Beaufort
Total infected: 46 out of 110 screened

Bandar Baru Sentul 2
Category: Community
State(s): Kuala Lumpur
District(s): Kepong
Total infected: 55 out of 311 screened

Sega
Category: Community
State(s): Sarawak
District(s): Bau and Kuching
Total infected: 19 out of 61 screened

Taman Tasek Solok Dua
Category: Community
State(s): Perak
District(s): Kinta
Total infected: 19 out of 29 screened

Titian 2
Category: Community
State(s): Labuan
District(s): Labuan
Total infected: 37 out of 870 screened

Jalan Ria
Category: High-risk group
State(s): Johor
District(s): Muar
Total infected: 29 out of 65 screened

Jalan Jenderam Hulu
Category: Higher education
State(s): Selangor
District(s): Sepang and Petaling
Total infected: 15 out of 153 screened

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