Covid-19 (Nov 1): 4,626 new cases, lowest in 4 months

COVID-19 | The Health Ministry today reported 4,626 new Covid-19 cases, bringing the cumulative infections to 2,476,268.

The new case count is the lowest in 133 days, since June 21.

The fresh infections today comprised 4,442 Malaysians (96 percent) and 184 non-citizens (4 percent).

They were surpassed by a total of 5,299 Covid-19 patients who recovered today. This is expected to help reduce the number of active cases.

As of today, the number of Covid-19 patients (including suspected ones) in the intensive care unit (ICU) is 5.5 percent lower compared to a week ago.

However, those who require intubation have increased by 0.3 percent from a week ago.

Based on the R-naught value (0.95 at the national level), the new case count throughout the country is generally decreasing over the past 14 days, except in Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya.

Nationally, the number of hospital admissions in the last seven days have declined by 9.1 percent compared to the preceding week.

However, hospital admissions in some states are on the rise, particularly in Terengganu (+38.7 percent), Pahang (+19.8 percent), Kedah (+19.3 percent) and Sabah (+18 percent).

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 31), where 4,979 new cases were reported, is as follow:

Selangor (1,128)
Sarawak (616)
Sabah (447)
Kedah (371)
Kelantan (370)
Johor (363)
Terengganu (277)
Pahang (256)
Penang (255)
Malacca (225)
Perak (224)
Kuala Lumpur (215)
Negeri Sembilan (175)
Putrajaya (33)
Perlis (16)
Labuan (8)

Clusters

To date, 411 Covid-19 clusters are still active, including 5 new clusters reported today.

The ongoing clusters have fallen by 22.2 percent from the 528 active clusters a week ago.

The 5 new clusters today comprised three workplace clusters, one high-risk group cluster and one Education Ministry institution cluster.

Tapak Bina Lebuhraya Setiawangsa 2
Category: Workplace
States: Kuala Lumpur
District(s): Titiwangsa
Initial tests: 14 out of 26 infected (53.8 percent)

Jalan Bank Kuantan 2
Category: Workplace
States: Pahang
District(s): Kuantan
Initial tests: 12 out of 77 infected (15.6 percent)

Industri Wawasan 10
Category: Workplace
States: Johor
District(s): Batu Pahat
Initial tests: 13 out of 24 infected (54.2 percent)

Kampung Dusun Raja
Category: High-risk group
States: Kelantan
District(s): Kota Bharu
Initial tests: 19 out of 28 infected (67.9 percent)

Kampung Cheroh
Category: Education Ministry institution
States: Pahang
District(s): Raub
Initial tests: 10 out of 39 infected (25.6 percent)