Covid-19 (Dec 8): 5,020 cases, S'wak has lowest R-naught

COVID-19 | The Health Ministry reported 5,020 new Covid-19 cases today, bringing the cumulative infections to 2,673,019.

The fresh infections were more than the number of Covid-19 patients who recovered, which totalled 4,525. This is expected to contribute to a rise in the number of active cases.

As of last night, the R-naught has reached 0.99 - an uptrend over the past week.

The R-naught is above 1.00 in Perlis (1.13), Labuan (1.06), Malacca (1.03), Penang (1.03), and Negeri Sembilan (1.01). The lowest is in Sarawak (0.74).

A figure above 1.00 would indicate an outbreak that is growing and accelerating its pace.

• Patients in ICU: 428
• Intubated: 237

The hospitalisation of Covid-19 patients is continuing on a 30-day downtrend.

To date, 245 Covid-19 clusters are still active, including 13 new ones.

The ongoing clusters have seen an increase of 8.4 percent from the 226 active clusters a week ago.

A breakdown of the new cases for today will only be published by the Health Ministry after midnight. These were the figures for yesterday (Dec 7):

Selangor (1,196)
Kelantan (573)
Johor (438)
Penang (388)
Kuala Lumpur (380)
Kedah (365)
Pahang (363)
Sabah (307)
Terengganu (219)
Negeri Sembilan (212)
Malacca (181)
Perak (170)
Sarawak (71)
Perlis (46)
Putrajaya (33)
Labuan (23)