Covid-19 (Dec 28): 2,897 cases, new infections below 3k for third day

COVID-19 | The Health Ministry reported 2,897 new Covid-19 cases today, bringing the cumulative infections to 2,746,833.

This is the third day in a row where new cases have been below the 3,000 mark.

The fresh infections were surpassed by a total of 3,434 Covid-19 patients who recovered today. This is expected to help reduce the number of active cases.

The country's R-number is at 0.93 as of yesterday, with only Terengganu at 1.00.

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

• Patients in ICU: 302
• Intubated: 169

As of today, the number of Covid-19 patients (including suspected ones) in the intensive care unit (ICU) is 14.4 percent lower compared to a week ago.

Those who require intubation have also declined by 10.6 percent from a week ago.

Nationally, the number of hospital admissions of confirmed Covid-19 patients in the last seven days have declined by 10 percent compared to the preceding week.

To date, 226 Covid-19 clusters are still active, including four new ones. 

The ongoing clusters have fallen by 8.5 percent from the 247 active clusters a week ago.

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 27), where 2,757 new cases were reported, is as follows:

Selangor (565)
Johor (361)
Kelantan (346)
Kedah (273)
Penang (197)
Perak (189)
Pahang (180)
Terengganu (172)
Kuala Lumpur (135)
Sabah (125)
Negeri Sembilan (92)
Malacca (76)
Sarawak (21)
Perlis (13)
Putrajaya (11)
Labuan (1)