Covid-19 (Oct 14): 8,084 new cases

COVID-19 | The Health Ministry reported 8,084 new Covid-19 cases today, bringing the cumulative infections to 2,369,613.

They were surpassed by a total of 12,456 Covid-19 patients who recovered today. This is expected to help reduce the number of active cases.

• Patients in ICU: 702
• Intubated: 367

As of today, the number of Covid-19 patients (including suspected ones) in the intensive care unit (ICU) is 15.5 percent lower compared to a week ago.

Those who require intubation have also declined by 17.2 percent from a week ago.

Beginning Oct 9, the Health Ministry will only publish today's breakdown of new cases by states after midnight on its CovidNow portal.

The breakdown by states for yesterday (Oct 13), where 7,950 new cases were reported, is as follows:

Selangor (1,449)
Sarawak (1,165)
Kelantan (958)
Sabah (751)
Johor (703)
Terengganu (499)
Kedah (489)
Penang (474)
Perak (405)
Pahang (342)
Kuala Lumpur (309)
Malacca (188)
Negeri Sembilan (167)
Perlis (32)
Putrajaya (19)
Labuan (0)

Pahang's total of 342 is the lowest since July 23.

The disease's effective reproduction number (R_t) was above 1.00 in two states and territories, namely Putrajaya (1.07) and Negeri Sembilan (1.03), though Perlis comes close at 0.99.

An R_t above 1.00 indicates an outbreak that is growing and accelerating in pace, whereas an Rt below that threshold indicates an outbreak that is in decline.

Clusters

To date, 744 Covid-19 clusters are still active, including 17 new clusters reported today.

The ongoing clusters have fallen by 18.3 percent from the 911 active clusters a week ago.

The 17 new clusters today comprised nine workplace clusters (52.9 percent), four community clusters (23.5 percent), three high-risk group clusters (17.6 percent) and one private education institution cluster (5.9 percent).

Jalan Selatan 11
Category: Workplace
States: Johor
District(s): Johor Bahru
Initial tests: 16 out of 70 infected (22.9 percent)

Tapak Bina Mutiara Mas Utama
Category: Workplace
States: Johor
District(s): Johor Bahru
Initial tests: 10 out of 20 infected (50.0 percent)

Jalan Tropika Kulai
Category: Workplace
States: Johor
District(s): Kulai
Initial tests: 9 out of 11 infected (81.8 percent)

Industri Jalan Budi
Category: Workplace
States: Johor
District(s): Batu Pahat
Initial tests: 8 out of 35 infected (22.9 percent)

Tapak Bina Jalan BBN Dua
Category: Workplace
States: Negeri Sembilan
District(s): Seremban
Initial tests: 13 out of 26 infected (50.0 percent)

Jalan Industri Sembilan
Category: Workplace
States: Pahang
District(s): Temerloh
Initial tests: 11 out of 28 infected (39.3 percent)

Lorong Perusahaan Utama
Category: Workplace
States: Penang
District(s): Seberang Perai Tengah
Initial tests: 29 out of 164 infected (17.7 percent)

Industri Jalan Korporat Tiga
Category: Workplace
States: Selangor
District(s): Klang and Kuala Selangor
Initial tests: 40 out of 108 infected (37.0 percent)

Industri Sungai Rasau 35-2
Category: Workplace
States: Selangor
District(s): Klang
Initial tests: 20 out of 294 infected (6.8 percent)

Belimbing Dalam
Category: Community
States: Malacca
District(s): Alor Gajah
Initial tests: 33 out of 40 infected (82.5 percent)

Kampung Sungai Bil
Category: Community
States: Perak
District(s): Muallim
Initial tests: 21 out of 28 infected (75.0 percent)

Kampung Tebing Tinggi Kemumin
Category: Community
States: Kelantan
District(s): Kota Bharu
Initial tests: 13 out of 20 infected (65.0 percent)

Jalan Sena
Category: Community
States: Johor
District(s): Kulai
Initial tests: 8 out of 17 infected (47.1 percent)

Jalan Free School
Category: High-risk group
States: Penang
District(s): Timur Laut
Initial tests: 44 out of 76 infected (57.9 percent)

Lorong Rambutan Tiga
Category: High-risk group
States: Penang
District(s): Timur Laut
Initial tests: 15 out of 18 infected (83.3 percent)

Lorong Nenas Satu
Category: High-risk group
States: Penang
District(s): Seberang Perai Tengah
Initial tests: 9 out of 29 infected (31.0 percent)

Jalan Jaya Simpang Renggam
Category: Prive educational institution registered under the Education Ministry
States: Johor
District(s): Kluang
Initial tests: 10 out of 28 infected (35.7 percent)