SHAH ALAM, July 14 — Malaysia has today recorded another record-high of daily Covid-19 cases for second consecutive day at 11,618, a slight increase from the 11,079 figure registered yesterday.
Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah on a Facebook post today stated that Selangor remains as the state with the highest number of cases with a total of 5,051 cases, which saw a slight decline from the 5,263 infections reported yesterday.
This is followed by Kuala Lumpur with 1,749, Negeri Sembilan (1,537), Melaka (526) and Kedah 504.
The number of cases recorded in Pahang is at 400, Johor (396), Sarawak (289), Sabah (286), Kelantan (236), Pulau Pinang (210), Terengganu (189), Perak (164), Putrajaya (40), Labuan (38) and Perlis (3).
Meanwhile, Dr Noor Hisham in a media statement said there were now 101,359 active cases in the country, the highest so far since Covid-19 was detected in the country.
He said there were 6,377 recoveries and 118 deaths recorded today, taking the respective totals to 759,705 recoveries and 6,503 deaths.
“Today’s death cases involved 46 people in Selangor, 18 in Kuala Lumpur, 16 in Negeri Sembilan, 13 in Johor and five in Kedah,” he said, adding that 108 people died at the hospital while 10 died at home.
Meanwhile, he said 878 patients were currently being treated in the intensive care unit (ICU) with 432 requiring respiratory assistance.
Dr Noor Hisham said 26 new clusters were also detected, with 15 involving workplace clusters, seven community clusters and four high-risk group clusters, namely Sentosa 2 in Sarawak, Jalan Pahat 15 (Selangor), Jalan Kelaboran (Kelantan) and Dah Melor (Kedah).
Meanwhile, Dr Noor Hisham said based on data as of yesterday, the infectivity rate or Rt value average for the country was 1.16, with Putrajaya recording the highest Rt value of 1.35.
“Other states that recorded an Rt above 1.0 are Terengganu (1.26); Selangor (1.19); Kedah (1.17); Pahang (1.14); Kuala Lumpur and Penang (1.11 respectively); Melaka (1.10); Sabah (1.07); Negeri Sembilan (1.06); Johor (1.05); Perak (1.04); and Kelantan (1.02),” he said.
— Bernama
