Covid-19 (July 10) - Death toll crosses 6,000 mark; new record of 9,353 cases

COVID-19 | The Covid-19 situation in the country showed no signs of abating as fresh infections hit record highs for the second consecutive day.

The Health Ministry reported 9,353 new Covid-19 cases today, beating out the 9,180 fresh infections yesterday, which was also a record-high.

There were also 87 deaths today pushing the national death to 6,067.

The number of recoveries today failed to dampen the rise in active cases. 

• Active cases: 84,021
• Patients in ICUs: 959
• Intubated: 451

New cases by states

Selangor reported more than 4,000 cases for the third consecutive day while fresh infections also remain elevated in Kuala Lumpur as it reported four-digit cases for the fifth consecutive day.

Notably, Malacca also saw a dramatic spike in new cases with 835 infections. 

Previously, the most daily cases Malacca had seen was 380 on May 28.

Selangor (4,277)
Kuala Lumpur (1,398)
Malacca (835)
Negeri Sembilan (638)
Johor (399)
Kedah (364)
Sarawak (352)
Sabah (251)
Pahang (247)
Penang (180)
Perak (145)
Kelantan (89)
Labuan (85)
Terengganu (50)
Putrajaya (39)
Perlis (4)

Deaths

The new deaths tpday were recorded in Selangor (50), Johor (8), Pahang (6), Kedah (5), Kuala Lumpur (5), Negeri Sembilan (5), Malacca (4), Penang (2), Kelantan (1) and Labuan (1).

The youngest victim was a 26-years-old woman The remaining deaths were aged between 32 and 97.

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

Vaccination

As of July 9, a total of 31.76 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 14.16 percent have received their second dose. There is no Covid-19 vaccination programme for those aged under 18-years-old for now.

For the five most populous states and territories, the proportion of population that have received at least the first dose are as follow: Kuala Lumpur (99.36 percent), Selangor (29.17 percent), Sarawak (27.72 percent), Johor (19.15 percent) and Perak (24.34 percent).

Three states that are seeing the slowest vaccination pace are Sabah (14.42 percent), Johor (19.15 percent) and Kedah (19.18 percent).

The fastest are Kuala Lumpur (99.36), Putrajaya (77.11) and Sarawak (65.41).

The national registration rate for the Covid-19 vaccine stands at 75.91 percent.

The data is from the The Special Committee on Covid-19 Vaccine Supply (JKJAV).

Clusters

A total of 870 out of 3,058 clusters are still active. This includes the 29 new clusters reported today.

Details of the new clusters are as follow:

Tapak Bina Jalan Tanjung Puteri
Category: Workplace
State(s): Johor
District(s): Johor Bahru
Total infected: 19 out of 110 screened

Tapak Bina Selabu
Category: Workplace
State(s): Johor
District(s): Muar
Total infected: 29 out of 55 screened

Susur Enam Larkin
Category: Workplace
State(s): Johor
District(s): Johor Bahru
Total infected: 11 out of 19 screened

Jalan Lombong Dua
Category: Workplace
State(s): Johor
District(s): Kota Tinggi
Total infected: 17 out of 88 screened

Jalan Pendas Laut
Category: Workplace
State(s): Johor
District(s): Johor Bahru
Total infected: 9 out of 95 screened

PLO Jalan Emas
Category: Workplace
State(s): Johor
District(s): Johor Bahru
Total infected: 9 out of 211 screened

Jalan Membalua
Category: Workplace
State(s): Sabah
District(s): Tawau
Total infected: 13 out of 55 screened

KKIP Empat Timur
Category: Workplace
State(s): Sabah
District(s): Kota Kinabalu
Total infected: 10 out of 185 screened

Balak Penangah
Category: Workplace
State(s): Sabah
District(s): Tongod and Nabawan
Total infected: 26 out of 175 screened

Jalan Dua Salak Tinggi
Category: Workplace
State(s): Selangor
District(s): Sepang, Klang and Kuala Selangor
Total infected: 23 out of 160 screened

Industri Perigi Lapan
Category: Workplace
State(s): Selangor
District(s): Klang
Total infected: 15 out of 39 screened

Industri Jalan Perajurit Satu
Category: Workplace
State(s): Selangor
District(s): Klang
Total infected: 17 out of 52 screened

Industri Jalan Perajurit Dua
Category: Workplace
State(s): Selangor
District(s): Klang
Total infected: 19 out of 69 screened

Industri Taman Ehsan
Category: Workplace
State(s): Selangor
District(s): Gombak
Total infected: 12 out of 44 screened

Jalan Solaris
Category: Workplace
State(s): Kuala Lumpur
District(s): Kepong
Total infected: 9 out of 36 screened

Tapak Bina Jalil Utama 2
Category: Workplace
State(s): Kuala Lumpur
District(s): Cheras
Total infected: 78 out of 377 screened

Industri Lot Q
Category: Workplace
State(s): Terengganu
District(s): Dungun and Kemaman
Total infected: 23 out of 269 screened

Tapak Bina Jalan Tengku Abdul Samad
Category: Workplace
State(s): Pahang
District(s): Raub
Total infected: 15 out of 16 screened

Jalan Gebeng 2/3
Category: Workplace
State(s): Pahang
District(s): Kuantan
Total infected: 9 out of 438 screened

Sri Bunian
Category: Community
State(s): Johor
District(s): Pontian
Total infected: 16 out of 45 screened

Rebana Jernih
Category: Community
State(s): Malacca
District(s): Alor Gajah
Total infected: 24 out of 26 screened

Sungai Setajam
Category: Community
State(s): Sarawak
District(s): Sarikei
Total infected: 76 out of 187 screened

Taman Grandview
Category: Community
State(s): Sabah
District(s): Sandakan and Putatan
Total infected: 14 out of 55 screened

Sri Rakyat
Category: Community
State(s): Kuala Lumpur
District(s): Cheras
Total infected: 158 out of 558 screened

Jalan Sri Siantan
Category: High-risk group
State(s): Selangor
District(s): Klang
Total infected: 24 out of 27 screened

Taman Jaya
Category: High-risk group
State(s): Kuala Lumpur
District(s): Cheras and Titiwangsa
Total infected: 34 out of 66 screened

Tembok Sri Aman 2
Category: Detention Centre
State(s): Sarawak
District(s): Sri Aman
Total infected: 69 out of 70 screened

Pagar Serian
Category: Detention Centre
State(s): Sarawak
District(s): Serian
Total infected: 16 out of 40 screened

Semuja
Category: Detention Centre
State(s): Sarawak
District(s): Serian
Total infected: 67 out of 75 screened

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