COVID-19 | The Health Ministry today reported 15,669 new cases as the Klang Valley reached a four-day high in fresh infections.

Sarawak recorded 118.55 new cases per 100,000 people, which is the highest, followed by Penang (99.28) and Perak (66.42) in third place by a wide margin.

While hospitalisation of Covid-19 patients in Sarawak is still trending up over the past two weeks, its death rate is among the lowest in the country at three deaths per 100,000 people over the same period, according to the CovidNow website.

Sarawak has the third-highest vaccination rate in the country.

As of yesterday, the R-naught was 0.98 for the whole country. An R-naught that is less than 1.00 suggests that the spread of Covid-19 was slowing down.

The only regions where the R-naught was less than 1.00 are Selangor, Sabah, Malacca, Kuala Lumpur, Labuan, Putrajaya, and Kedah.

Some data for today will only be available on the Health Ministry's CovidNow tracker and Github repository after 11.59pm.

This includes the number of active cases and deaths. That means they will only be reported in the media the following day.

Patients in ICU: 1,266 [954 positive; 312 suspected]
Intubated: 689 [432 positive; 257 suspected]

New cases by state

Selangor (2,632)
Sarawak (1,983)
Johor (1,974)
Sabah (1,784)
Penang (1,651)
Kelantan (1,406)
Kedah (1,207)
Perak (856)
Pahang (763)
Terengganu (483)
Kuala Lumpur (411)
Malacca (329)
Negeri Sembilan (143)
Perlis (30)
Putrajaya (14)
Labuan (3)

Clusters

The Health Ministry is monitoring 1,448 active Covid-19 clusters.

Another 29 new clusters were classified today of which 14 involved workplaces and 12 involved community spread.

Industri Kampung Kebun Sayur cluster
Category: Workplace
State(s): Johor
District(s): Muar
Total infected: 28 out of 51 screened

Industri Batu 16 Saleng cluster
Category: Workplace
State(s): Johor
District(s): Kulai
Total infected: 12 out of 17 screened

Jalan Dewan Pontian cluster
Category: Workplace
State(s): Johor
District(s): Pontian
Total infected: 11 out of 53 screened

Batu Empat Yong Peng cluster
Category: Workplace
State(s): Johor
District(s): Batu Pahat
Total infected: 16 out of 70 screened

Jalan Bidor Belatim cluster
Category: Workplace
State(s): Perak
District(s): Batang Padang
Total infected: 65 out of 147 screened

Industri Jalan Bercham cluster
Category: Workplace
State(s): Perak
District(s): Kinta
Total infected: 47 out of 501 screened

Jalan Putra 1B cluster
Category: Workplace
State(s): Perak
District(s): Kinta
Total infected: 15 out of 68 screened

Jalan Industri Dua Kampar cluster
Category: Workplace
State(s): Perak
District(s): Kampar
Total infected: 9 out of 27 screened

Industri Batu 29 cluster
Category: Workplace
State(s): Selangor
District(s): Hulu Selangor
Total infected: 58 out of 107 screened

Industri Dua Jalan Telok Gong cluster
Category: Workplace
State(s): Selangor
District(s): Klang
Total infected: 52 out of 84 screened

Sawit Lepar Hilir cluster
Category: Workplace
State(s): Pahang
District(s): Kuantan
Total infected: 16 out of 711 screened

Jalan Mentakab-Temerloh cluster
Category: Workplace
State(s): Pahang
District(s): Temerloh
Total infected: 8 out of 62 screened

Taman Industri Prai Baru Dua cluster
Category: Workplace
State(s): Penang
District(s): Seberang Perai Tengah and Seberang Perai Selatan
Total infected: 21 out of 136 screened

Jalan Pasir Puteh-Kota Bharu cluster
Category: Workplace
State(s): Kelantan
District(s): Pasir Puteh
Total infected: 7 out of 15 screened

Jalan Atas Paloh cluster
Category: Community
State(s): Kelantan
District(s): Kota Bharu
Total infected: 19 out of 33 screened

Kampung Panjang Tawang cluster
Category: Community
State(s): Kelantan
District(s): Bachok
Total infected: 18 out of 34 screened

Kampung Banggol Badang cluster
Category: Community
State(s): Kelantan
District(s): Kota Bharu
Total infected: 17 out of 26 screened

Kampung Bawah Lembah Bunut Payong cluster
Category: Community
State(s): Kelantan
District(s): Kota Bharu
Total infected: 14 out of 22 screened

Depan Masjid Kampung Banggol Kulim cluster
Category: Community
State(s): Kelantan
District(s): Pasir Mas
Total infected: 11 out of 11 screened

Taman Nashriq Tawang cluster
Category: Community
State(s): Kelantan
District(s): Bachok
Total infected: 10 out of 17 screened

Kampung Teluk Panji cluster
Category: Community
State(s): Kelantan
District(s): Kota Bharu
Total infected: 10 out of 15 screened

Taman Prima Indah cluster
Category: Community
State(s): Kelantan
District(s): Pasir Mas
Total infected: 6 out of 6 screened

Kampung Sungai Keladi cluster
Category: Community
State(s): Kelantan
District(s): Pasir Mas and Tanah Merah
Total infected: 6 out of 6 screened

Kampung Sungai Kiol cluster
Category: Community
State(s): Pahang
District(s): Jerantut
Total infected: 87 out of 421 screened

Jundak Saeh Merah cluster
Category: Community
State(s): Sarawak
District(s): Subis
Total infected: 22 out of 35 screened

Kampung Segedup cluster
Category: Community
State(s): Sarawak
District(s): Kuching
Total infected: 12 out of 75 screened

Jalan Upland cluster
Category: High-risk group
State(s): Sarawak
District(s): Kuching
Total infected: 51 out of 60 screened

Jalan Sutera Merah Dua cluster
Category: High-risk group
State(s): Johor
District(s): Johor Bahru
Total infected: 23 out of 56 screened

Jalan Cheras Batu Empat cluster
Category: High-risk group
State(s): Kuala Lumpur
District(s): Cheras, Kepong and Titiwangsa
Total infected: 12 out of 61 screened