COVID-19 | The Health Ministry reported 5,162 new Covid-19 cases today, bringing the cumulative infections to 2,546,309.

The fresh infections were more than the number of Covid-19 patients who recovered, which totalled 5,019. This is expected to contribute to a rise in the number of active cases.

Patients in ICU: 524
Intubated: 265

As of today, the number of Covid-19 patients (including suspected ones) in the intensive care unit (ICU) is 5.4 percent lower compared to a week ago.

Those who require intubation have also declined by 2.6 percent from a week ago.

Nationally, hospital admissions have been on the rise, increasing by 6.9 percent in the last seven days compared to the preceding week.

The rise was largely contributed by Kuala Lumpur (+134.4 percent), Malacca (+48.6 percent), Putrajaya (+32.8 percent), Perak (+20.2 percent), Kedah (+20.2 percent), Johor (+12.8 percent) and Negeri Sembilan (+12.6 percent) during the said period.

Beginning Oct 9, 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 (Nov 13), where 5,809 new cases were reported, is as follows:

Selangor (1,601)

Johor (549)

Sabah (497)

Sarawak (399)

Kelantan (389)

Pahang (356)

Kuala Lumpur (347)

Penang (305)

Kedah (304)

Perak (267)

Terengganu (247)

Negeri Sembilan (237)

Malacca (198)

Putrajaya (75)

Perlis (26)

Labuan (12)

Clusters

To date, 266 Covid-19 clusters are still active, but no new clusters have been reported today.

The ongoing clusters have fallen by 18.2 percent from the 325 active clusters a week ago.