Covid-19 (Jan 13): 3,684 cases, slight uptick in hospital admissions
COVID-19 | The Health Ministry reported3,684 new Covid-19 cases today, bringing the cumulative infections to2,798,917.
The number is the highest in 14 days, since Dec 30. It is also more than thenumber of Covid-19 patients who recovered, which totalled 3,292.
This is expected to contribute to a rise in the number of active cases.
The national R-number for Covid-19 has dipped back below the 1.00threshold, after briefly reaching 1.00 for the first time since late November.The figure as of yesterday was 0.99.
At the state level, the R-number is at or above 1.00 inSabah (1.08), Putrajaya (1.08), Kuala Lumpur (1.08),Negeri Sembilan (1.02), and Malacca (1.02).
An R-number above 1.00 would indicate an accelerating outbreak ifsustained, while the reverse would indicate an outbreak that is in decline.
Patients in ICU: 192
Intubated: 91
As of today, the number of Covid-19 patients (including suspected ones) in the intensive care unit (ICU) is 24.1 percent lower compared to a week ago.
Those who require intubation have also declined by 30.0 percent from a week ago.
Nationally, hospital admissions of confirmed Covid-19 patients have risennarrowly, increasing by 1.1 percent in the last seven days compared to thepreceding week.
To date, 178 Covid-19 clusters are still active, including eight newclusters reported today.
The ongoing clusters have fallen by 6.3 percent from the 190 active clustersa week ago.
The Health Ministry will only publish today's breakdown of new cases bystates after midnight on its CovidNow portal.
The breakdown by states for yesterday (Jan 12), when 3,198 new cases werereported, is as follows:
Selangor (935)
Johor (417)
Kuala Lumpur (319)
Sabah (280)
Pahang (210)
Kelantan (197)
Kedah (183)
Penang (179)
Perak (141)
Negeri Sembilan (106)
Malacca (76)
Terengganu (76)
Putrajaya (34)
Sarawak (23)
Perlis (13)
Labuan (9)
