Covid-19 (Nov 16): 5,413 cases, R-naught at 1.05

COVID-19 | The Health Ministry reported 5,413 new Covid-19 cases today, bringing the cumulative case count to 2,556,865.

The fresh infections were surpassed by a total of 6,013 Covid-19 patients who recovered today. This is expected to help reduce the number of active cases.

Hospital bed use by Covid-19 patients is continuing on a nine-day uptrend. Daily admissions are up 8.5 percent over the past seven days compared to the preceding week.

The Klang Valley saw admissions rise 20 percent over the past week compared to the preceding week. Other states with similar uptrends are Malacca, Negeri Sembilan, Kedah, Perak and Johor.

• Patients in ICU: 545
• Intubated: 264

As of yesterday, the R-naught was 1.05. This figure has stayed stable for three days. However, as long as the R-naught is above 1.00, the figure suggests that the spread of Covid-19 is accelerating.

States with a R-naught of above 1.00 are Selangor, Kelantan, Kuala Lumpur, Putrajaya, Negeri Sembilan and Pahang.

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 (Nov 15), where 5,143 new cases were reported, is as follows:

Selangor (1,144)
Kelantan (706)
Sabah (500)
Johor (444)
Kedah (398)
Sarawak (287)
Terengganu (282)
Pahang (267)
Negeri Sembilan (239)
Kuala Lumpur (222)
Penang (220)
Perak (202)
Malacca (160)
Putrajaya (52)
Labuan (12)
Perlis (8)

Clusters

To date, 252 Covid-19 clusters are still active, including seven new clusters reported today.

The ongoing clusters have fallen by 17.9 percent from the 307 active clusters a week ago.

A detailed breakdown of the new clusters is not yet available, but is expected to be posted on the CovidNow website later.