Covid-19 (Dec 25): 3,160 cases, R-number at 0.89

COVID-19 | The Health Ministry reported 3,160 new Covid-19 cases today, bringing the cumulative infections to 2,738,401.

The national R-number dropped to 0.89 as of yesterday, while in Terengganu it rose to 1.00.

As long as it stays below 1.00, it suggests that the spread of Covid-19 was decelerating.

The fresh infections today were surpassed by a total of 4,421 Covid-19 patients who recovered today. This is expected to help reduce the number of active cases.

• Patients in ICU: 324
• Intubated: 175

Nationally, the number of hospital admissions of confirmed Covid-19 patients in the last seven days has declined by 17.3 percent compared to the preceding week.

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 24), where 3,528 new cases were reported, is as follows:

Selangor (848)
Johor (396)
Kelantan (370)
Terengganu (270)
Kedah (269)
Penang (263)
Pahang (225)
Kuala Lumpur (200)
Perak (194)
Sabah (168)
Negeri Sembilan (141)
Malacca (118)
Putrajaya (23)
Perlis (20)
Sarawak (19)
Labuan (4)