Covid-19 (Sept 18): 15,549 new cases, Klang Valley cases at 2,408

COVID-19 | The Health Ministry today reported 15,549 new Covid-19 cases. 

Daily case count in the Klang Valley (2,408) has remained below that of Sarawak (2,929) for four days.  

The R-naught for the country is now 0.95. The figure has been below 1.00 since Sept 1. A R-naught of less than 1.00 suggests that the spread of Covid-19 was slowing down.

The only states where the R-naught is more than 1.00 are Johor, Pahang, Perak, Terengganu and Sarawak.

The number of patients requiring intensive care or ventilators continues to ease.

• Patients in ICU: 1,165 [888 confirmed; 277 suspected]
• Intubated: 689 [401 confirmed; 288 suspected]

Sarawak (2,929)
Johor (2,208)
Selangor (1,995)
Sabah (1,395)
Penang (1,375)
Kelantan (1,214)
Perak (1,120)
Kedah (1,073)
Terengganu (755)
Pahang (634)
Kuala Lumpur (382)
Malacca (263)
Negeri Sembilan (131)
Perlis (33)
Putrajaya (31)
Labuan (11)

Clusters

A total of 1,364 out of 5,263 clusters are still active. This includes the 16 new clusters reported today.

Details of the new clusters are as follow:

Jalan Industri Lima Tangkak
Category: Workplace
State(s): Johor
District(s): Tangkak
Total infected: 16 out of 33 screened

Industri Jalan Besar 38
Category: Workplace
State(s): Johor
District(s): Batu Pahat
Total infected: 18 out of 41 screened

Jalan Halia Kluang
Category: Workplace
State(s): Johor
District(s): Kluang
Total infected: 40 out of 66 screened

Jalan Bidara 6/3
Category: Workplace
State(s): Selangor
District(s): Kuala Selangor
Total infected: 21 out of 53 screened

Industri Jalan Perigi Nenas 6/1
Category: Tempat Kerja
State(s): Selangor
District(s): Klang
Total infected: 5 out of 344 screened

Udara Membedai
Category: Workplace
State(s): Labuan
District(s): Labuan
Total infected: 8 out of 57 screened

Lorong Seri Murni Dua
Category: Workplace
State(s): Penang
District(s): Seberang Perai Utara
Total infected: 22 out of 51 screened

Pelut Baram
Category: Workplace
State(s): Sarawak
District(s): Telang Usan
Total infected: 37 out of 147 screened

Sawit Safoda
Category: Workplace
State(s): Sabah
District(s): Kinabatangan
Total infected: 23 out of 115 screened

Industri Jalan Johan 2/1A
Category: Workplace
State(s): Perak
District(s): Kinta
Total infected: 14 out of 164 screened

Jalan Kampung Tok Jawa
Category: Community
State(s): Kelantan
District(s): Bachok
Total infected: 31 out of 52 screened

Kampung Kubang Gatal
Category: Community
State(s): Kelantan
District(s): Pasir Mas
Total infected: 5 out of 5 screened

Nansang Wak
Category: Community
State(s): Sarawak
District(s): Pakan
Total infected: 51 out of 112 screened

Kampung Ulu Pareh
Category: Community
State(s): Pahang
District(s): Bentong
Total infected: 77 out of 368 screened

Batu 19 Jalan Besar
Category: High-risk group
State(s): Johor
District(s): Kulai
Total infected: 17 out of 39 screened

Jalan Kompleks Sukan
Category: High-risk group
State(s): Perak
District(s): Kinta
Total infected: 14 out of 27 screened