Covid-19 (Sept 29): 12,434 new cases, 1,664 in Klang Valley

COVID-19 | The Health Ministry today reported 12,434 new Covid-19 cases.

New cases are trending down throughout the country, except in Sarawak where hospitalisations, ICU use and ventilator use continues to trend upwards. 

Sarawak has the highest "incident rate" (new cases per 100,000 people) in the whole country followed by Kelantan, Penang and Perak.

As of yesterday, the R-naught for Malaysia has dropped to 0.88 - the lowest this month so far. A R-naught of less than 1.00 suggests that the spread of Covid-19 was decelerating.

Apart from Putrajaya and Terengganu, the R-naught is below 1.00 in other parts of the country.

Active cases and deaths will only be reported after midnight. For yesterday's figures, click here.

• Patients in ICU: 979 [871 confirmed; 108 probable]
• Intubated: 565 [378 confirmed; 187 probable]

As of today, the number of Covid-19 patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) is 12.1 percent lower compared to a week ago.

Those who require intubation have also declined by 8.1 percent from a week ago.

New cases by states

Sarawak (2,967)
Selangor (1,362)
Johor (1,289)
Kelantan (1,125)
Sabah (1,000)
Perak (971)
Penang (863)
Pahang (663)
Kedah (652)
Terengganu (612)
Malacca (375)
Kuala Lumpur (284)
Negeri Sembilan (169)
Perlis (79)
Putrajaya (18)
Labuan (5)

Clusters

The Health Ministry is monitoring 1,124 active Covid-19 clusters, down 13.9 percent compared to one week ago.

Another 15 new clusters were classified today, which involved nine workplace  clusters.

Perindustrian Firma Tebrau Satu
Category: Workplace
States: Johor
District(s): Johor Bahru
Initial tests: 54 out of 95 infected (56.8 percent)

Industri Jalan Mahsuri Kluang Dua
Category: Workplace
States: Johor
District(s): Kluang
Initial tests: 40 out of 410 infected (9.8 percent)

Jalan Desaru Penawar
Category: Workplace
States: Johor
District(s): Kota Tinggi
Initial tests: 22 out of 43 infected (51.2 percent)

Industri Sri Sulong 27
Category: Workplace
States: Johor
District(s): Batu Pahat
Initial tests: 16 out of 51 infected (31.4 percent)

Jalan Sri Aman 2
Category: Workplace
States: Kelantan
District(s): Pasir Puteh
Initial tests: 8 out of 15 infected (53.3 percent)

Lorong Minyak Gas
Category: Workplace
States: Kelantan
District(s): Kota Bharu and Pasir Mas
Initial tests: 7 out of 19 infected (36.8 percent)

Taman Baru Bera
Category: Workplace
States: Pahang
District(s): Bera and Temerloh
Initial tests: 27 out of 109 infected (24.8 percent)

Industri Dua Jalan Tiga Kompleks Perabut
Category: Workplace
States: Selangor
District(s): Kuala Langat and Klang
Initial tests: 14 out of 59 infected (23.7 percent)

Jalan Buku Lima
Category: Workplace
States: Kuala Lumpur
District(s): Titiwangsa
Initial tests: 10 out of 39 infected (25.6 percent)

Kampung Telaga Bata Sering
Category: Community
States: Kelantan
District(s): Kota Bharu
Initial tests: 10 out of 13 infected (76.9 percent)

Kampung Rasal Tok Uban
Category: Community
States: Kelantan
District(s): Pasir Mas
Initial tests: 8 out of 8 infected (100.0 percent)

Kampung Paloh Kubang Sepat
Category: Community
States: Kelantan
District(s): Pasir Mas
Initial tests: 7 out of 15 infected (46.7 percent)

Jalan Masjid Lati
Category: Community
States: Kelantan
District(s): Pasir Mas
Initial tests: 7 out of 7 infected (100.0 percent)

Paya Luas Kuala Krau
Category: Community
States: Pahang
District(s): Temerloh
Initial tests: 27 out of 42 infected (64.3 percent)

Mokodou
Category: Community
States: Sabah
District(s): Ranau
Initial tests: 94 out of 146 infected (64.4 percent)