COVID-19 | The Health Ministry reported 19,090 new Covid-19 cases today, bringing the cumulative infections to 2,975,422.

The fresh infections today is the highest since Sep 15.

They were more than the number of Covid-19 patients who recovered, which totalled 5,712. This is expected to increase the number of active cases.

The infectivity rate is at 1.47. The value must be kept under 1.0 to prevent an exponential rise in fresh infections.

The states with an infectivity rate above the national average are Labuan (1.94), Sarawak (1.84), Sabah (1.73) and Perlis (1.67).

The hospital utilisation stood at 69.9 percent while the intensive care unit utilisation rate stands at 52.3 percent.

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 (Feb 9), where 17,134 new cases were reported, is as follows:

Selangor (3,582)
Sabah (3,333)
Johor (2,321)
Kedah (1,569)
Kelantan (1,222)
Kuala Lumpur (1,068)
Penang (1,010)
Pahang (739)
Negeri Sembilan (618)
Perak (395)
Malacca (347)
Terengganu (327)
Putrajaya (204)
Sarawak (184)
Perlis (152)
Labuan (63)

Seven states and federal territories have reported fresh infections in the four digits.

The 204 cases in a day for Putrajaya was the highest on record, surpassing the Delta wave last year.

At present, 158 Covid-19 patients are in the intensive care unit of which 78 are unable to breathe on their own and have been intubated.

This is an increase of 38.6 percent compared to the 114 Covid-19 patients in the intensive care unit a week ago.

To date, 395 Covid-19 clusters are still active, including 14 new clusters reported today.

The ongoing clusters have seen an increase of 19.0 percent from the 332 active clusters a week ago.