Covid-19 (Dec 21): 3,140 cases
COVID-19 | The Health Ministry reported 3,140 new Covid-19 cases today, bringing the cumulative infections to 2,724,684.
The fresh infections were surpassed by a total of 4,278 Covid-19 patients who recovered today. This is expected to help reduce the number of active cases.
The number of new Covid-19 cases is on a steady two-month downtrend and the R-number, as of yesterday, is 0.91. There are no states where the R-number is above 1.00.
- Patients in ICU: 353
- Intubated: 189
As of today, the number of Covid-19 patients (including suspected ones) in the intensive care unit (ICU) is 7.6 percent lower compared to a week ago.
Those who require intubation have also declined by 6 percent from a week ago.
The number of hospital admission of confirmed Covid-19 patients over the last seven days declined by 18.8 percent compared to the preceding week.
To date, 247 Covid-19 clusters are still active, including four new ones.
The ongoing clusters have seen an increase of 0.8 percent from the 245 active clusters a week ago.
The state-level breakdown of new cases will only be published after midnight. Below are the figures from yesterday (Dec 20) when 2,589 new cases were reported.
It should be noted that while the new cases for Selangor yesterday was relatively low - at a level not seen since February - the state has been grappling with massive flooding over the weekend.
Selangor (380)
Johor (355)
Kedah (277)
Kelantan (249)
Terengganu (232)
Penang (225)
Kuala Lumpur (186)
Pahang (168)
Sabah (122)
Perak (112)
Negeri Sembilan (101)
Malacca (88)
Sarawak (36)
Putrajaya (30)
Perlis (20)
Labuan (8)
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