The number of new Covid-19 cases today is at 4,743, marking a slight increase from yesterday's tally of 4,611, according to the latest release by the Health Ministry.

It should be noted that the number of samples being taken for Covid-19 tests has been trending down since the start of the month. The Health Ministry calculates positivity rate on a weekly based. Details here.

The number of active Covid-19 cases is currently on a 17-day continous downtrend, which is good.

The number of patients requiring intensive care also has been trending lower since peaking on June 16. The number of patients requiring a ventilator is largely unchanged over the past week.

Active cases: 62,027
Patients in ICU: 875
Intubated: 445

States

Selangor has the highest number of fresh cases with 1,566 followed by Kuala Lumpur (635), Negri Sembilan (585) and Sarawak (507).

Aside from that Johor (239), Penang (195) Sabah (193), Malacca (167), Kelantan (165), Kedah (142), Pahang (131), Labuan (104), Perak (68), Terengganu (37), Putrajaya (7) and Perlis (2) all reported new cases.

Generally, most regions are slowly seeing the spread of Covid-19 slow down [view chart below].

As of yesterday the R-naught for the country was 0.96, down from 0.97 recorded the day before. As long as the the R-naught remains below 1.00, it would suggest that the spread of Covid-19 was decelerating, which is good.

The only region where the R-naught was more than 1.00 were Negeri Sembilan (1.02) and Perak (1.02).

The two regions with the lowest R-naught are Terengganu (0.68), Pahang (0.77) and Penang (0.79).

Deaths

The Health Ministry reported another 77 deaths attributed to Covid-19 today. The cumulative total has reached 4,554.

Selangor (32) reported the most number of deathsThe new deaths followed by Negeri Sembilan (12), Johor (8), Sarawak (7), Kuala Lumpur (5), Malacca (4), Labuan (3), Sabah (3), Perlis (1), Terengganu (1) and Pahang (1).

Cumulatively, Klang Valley region - Selangor, Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya - has reported 1,806 deaths due to Covid-19 or 39.7 percent of the national total.

There were four victims who were age 40 and below and another 11 with no known comorbidity. There were 11 victims who were pronounced dead upon arrival at the hospital.

Details of the victims are documented on Malaysiakini's Covid-19 tracker page.

Clusters

There are 850 active Covid-19 clusters being monitored currently, up 58.9 percent from exactly a month ago.

The Health Ministry today classified another 21 new clusters of which 13 are workplace clusters and five involved community spread.

Jalan Persiaran Enam cluster
Category: Workplace
State(s): Selangor
District(s): Kuala Selangor
Total infected: 14 out of 176 screened

Industri SS Lapan Sungai Way cluster
Category: Workplace
State(s): Selangor
District(s): Petaling, Klang, Hulu Selangor, Kuala Selangor, Gombak and Hulu Langat
Total infected: 97 out of 1,058 screened

Tapak Bina Laluan Klang cluster
Category: Workplace
State(s): Selangor
District(s): Klang
Total infected: 24 out of 287 screened

Jalan Permata 22 cluster
Category: Workplace
State(s): Selangor
District(s): Gombak
Total infected: 14 out of 15 screened

Industri Kampung Bukit Angkat cluster
Category: Workplace
State(s): Selangor
District(s): Hulu Langat
Total infected: 28 out of 188 screened

Jalan Kebun Baru cluster
Category: Workplace
State(s): Selangor
District(s): Kuala Langat
Total infected: 10 out of 18 screened

Taman Pusat Kepong cluster
Category: Workplace
State(s): Kuala Lumpur
District(s): Kepong
Total infected: 22 out of 142 screened

Jalan Kepong Usaha cluster
Category: Workplace
State(s): Kuala Lumpur
District(s): Kepong
Total infected: 29 out of 89 screened

Jalan Tasik Selatan cluster
Category: Workplace
State(s): Kuala Lumpur
District(s): Cheras
Total infected: 15 out of 83 screened

Jalan Sri Hartamas cluster
Category: Workplace
State(s): Kuala Lumpur
District(s): Kepong
Total infected: 21 out of 28 screened

Industri Jalan Teknologi Lima Nilai cluster
Category: Workplace
State(s): Negeri Sembilan
District(s): Seremban and Port Dickson
Total infected: 30 out of 1,352 screened

Industri Jalan Senawang Empat cluster
Category: Workplace
State(s): Negeri Sembilan
District(s): Seremban, Jempol, Kuala Pilah and Rembau
Total infected: 13 out of 727 screened

Jalan Maju Lima cluster
Category: Workplace
State(s): Johor
District(s): Johor Bahru and Kota Tinggi
Total infected: 35 out of 146 screened

Kampung Bukit Tanah cluster
Category: Community
State(s): Kelantan
District(s): Pasir Puteh
Total infected: 11 out of 31 screened

Kampung Kubang Hakim cluster
Category: Community
State(s): Kelantan
District(s): Pasir Mas
Total infected: 10 out of 16 screened

Kampung Pulau Tukang Dollah cluster
Category: Community
State(s): Kelantan
District(s): Kota Bharu
Total infected: 41 out of 63 screened

Lunyim cluster
Category: Community
State(s): Sarawak
District(s): Telang Usan
Total infected: 21 out of 63 screened

Sungai Long Seripa cluster
Category: Community
State(s): Sarawak
District(s): Sebauh
Total infected: 40 out of 108 screened

Dah Perdana Tinggi cluster
Category: Higher Education
State(s): Kedah
District(s): Kulim
Total infected: 15 out of 255 screened

Tembok Ulu Teris cluster
Category: Detention centre
State(s): Selangor
District(s): Sepang
Total infected: 16 out of 337 screened

Jalan Laksamana Cheng Ho cluster
Category: High-risk group
State(s): Malacca
District(s): Melaka Tengah
Total infected: 26 out of 51 screened