Covid-19 (Dec 10): 5,058 new cases

COVID-19 | The Health Ministry today reported another 5,058 new Covid-19 cases.

The fresh infections were more than the number of Covid-19 patients who recovered, which totalled 4997. This is expected to contribute to a rise in the number of active cases.

• Patients in ICU: 393
• Intubated: 212

As of today, the number of Covid-19 patients (including suspected ones) in the intensive care unit (ICU) is 21.1 percent lower compared to a week ago.

Those who require intubation have also declined by 21.2 percent from a week ago.

The R-naught for the country as of yesterday was 0.97 - a R-naught of below 1.00 suggests that the spread of Covid-19 was decelerating.

The R-naught is above 1.00 in Penang, Malacca, Negeri Sembilan and Perlis. The figure is the lowest in Sarawak.

There was an average of 1,051 daily admissions for Covid-19 patients over the past week, down 2 percent from the previous period.

However, admissions in Negeri Sembilan is up 31 percent during the same period.

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 (Dec 9), where 5,446 new cases were reported, is as follows:

Selangor (1,467)
Johor (551)
Kelantan (495)
Pahang (438)
Malacca (373)
Kedah (338)
Sabah (329)
Kuala Lumpur (315)
Penang (275)
Perak (244)
Negeri Sembilan (236)
Terengganu (202)
Sarawak (90)
Perlis (40)
Putrajaya (32)
Labuan (21)