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COVID-19 | The Health Ministry reported 2,985 new cases today, while patients in intensive care still have an upward trend.
The Klang Valley accounted for 38.1 percent of new cases, followed by Johor and Sabah (17.9 percent) and Sabah (15.1 percent). A third of the new cases in the Klang Valley do not come from known clusters or are detected by contact tracing.
In Selangor, 89 new cases were from people with symptoms, who are more likely to spread the virus than those who are asymptomatic. The Selangor Health Department is the only department that provides this category of data.
Malaysian citizens accounted for 70.7 percent of the new cases. As of yesterday, the country’s RT-PCR testing capacity was 60,053, of which 50,316 tests were processed.
In Sabah, 5,684 tests were carried out, 196 percent more capacity (2,900).
Main indicators:
- Active cases: 32,377 ↑ (1,987 more than the previous day, new record)
- ICU patients: 197 ↑ (4 more than the previous day, new record)
- Intubated patients: 79 ↓ (4 less than the previous day)
- Deaths: 4
Of the 2,985 new cases, only two were imported and the rest transmitted locally. New cases by status at a glance:
Selangor (837)
Existing clusters: 114
New Groups: 197 (Integrity Park and Jalan Ijuk)
Contact Tracking: 294
Other screenings: 232
Johor (535)
Existing clusters: 245
New groups: 118 (Jalan Rami, Kota and Tanjung Megah)
Contact Tracking: 60
Other screenings: 112
Sabah (450)
Existing clusters: 14
Contact Tracking: 323
Other screenings: 113
Kuala Lumpur (289)
Existing clusters: 31
New groups: 15 (Jalan Kasturi and Jalan Thamby)
Contact Tracking: 96
Imported: 1
Other screenings: 146
Sarawak (166)
Existing clusters: 101
Contact Tracking: 10
Imported: 1
Other screenings: 54
Pahang (143)
Existing clusters: 116
Contact Tracking: 15
Other screenings: 12
Negeri Sembilan (106)
Existing clusters: 15
New cluster: 1 (Kampung Tengah)
Contact Tracking: 70
Other screenings: 20
Penang (105)
Existing clusters: 34
Contact Tracking: 39
Other screenings: 32
Kedah (97)
Existing clusters: 9
New Groups: 1 (Taman Batik)
Contact Tracking: 35
Other screenings: 52
Kelantan (85)
Existing clusters: 9
New Group: 3 (Bukit Bakar)
Contact Tracking: 48
Other screenings: 25
Malacca (72)
Existing clusters: 11
New group: 2 (nocturnal dialysis)
Contact Tracking: 49
Other screenings: 10
Silver (61)
Existing clusters: 3
Contact Tracking: 34
Other screenings: 24
Terengganu (27)
Existing clusters: 12
Contact Tracking: 9
Other screenings: 6
Putrajaya (11)
Existing clusters: 1
Contact Tracking: 5
Other screenings: 5
Perlis (1)
Other projections: 1
Three of the four reported deaths were from Sabah. The youngest victim was 19 years old. The cumulative number of Covid-19 deaths for Sabah had reached 287 or 51 percent of the national total (563).
The details of the four deceased are as follows:
Patient 67,314 – 63-year-old male, deceased at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Sabah.
Patient 98,481 – 77-year-old man, died at Enche ‘Besar Hajjah Khalsom Hospital, Johor.
Patient 131,515 – 62-year-old foreign male, body taken to Tawau Hospital, Sabah.
Patient 138,626 – Foreign woman, 19 years old, body transferred to Papar Hospital.
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