KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 3): Malaysia’s new Covid-19 infections climbed to 17,105 today from 15,764 yesterday, raising the country's total cases to 1.16 million.

Selangor again topped the list with 5,836 infections, although this was a decline from yesterday’s 6,067, said Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.

Kuala Lumpur came in second, reporting 2,309 new cases, up from 1,536 a day ago, he said.

Other states that recorded more than 1,000 infections today included Johor (1,275), Kedah (1,036) and Sabah (1,010).

They were followed by Perak (967), Kelantan (915), Negeri Sembilan (816), Penang (798), Pahang (628), Melaka (508), Sarawak (494), Terengganu (429), Putrajaya (72), Perlis (seven) and Labuan (five).

195 more deaths reported; 88 in Selangor

Dr Noor Hisham said 195 Covid-19 related deaths were reported in the 24 hours as of noon today, bringing total fatalities to 9,598.

Of the latest fatalities, 88 deaths were reported in Selangor, 24 in Johor, 15 in Penang, 13 in Kedah, 12 in Sabah, eight each in Negeri Sembilan, Melaka and Pahang, seven in Terengganu, four in Perak, three in Kelantan, two in Sarawak, one each in Kuala Lumpur, Labuan and Perlis. 

Daily recoveries came in lower than new infections at 12,297. To date, 950,029 patients have been declared cured from the virus, translating into a recovering rate of 81.7%.

Following a surge in today’s new cases, active cases increased further to 203,664. A total of 1,066 Covid-19 patients are currently warded in the intensive care unit, with 537 of them on ventilators. 

Dr Noor Hisham said 144,857 tests were carried out today (with a positivity rate of 11.81%), up from yesterday’s 105,785. 

R0 declines to 1.07 on Aug 2 

The director-general said the country's basic reproduction number (R-naught or R0) for Covid-19 infections nationwide declined to 1.07 yesterday (Aug 2), from 1.08 on Aug 1, with Terengganu having the highest R0 at 1.30. 

Kelantan came in second at 1.25, followed by Perak at 1.20, Sabah at 1.19, and Kedah at 1.18.

The R0 projects the average number of people that each new Covid-19 patient will infect, or what is termed the effective reproduction number. An R0 of less than 1.0 means the infection is not spreading.

30 new clusters reported; active clusters total 1,143

The Ministry of Health said 30 new clusters were identified in the last 24 hours as of noon today — 14 of them are from communities, with the rest being from workplaces and high risk clusters.

To date, the ministry has detected 3,761 clusters since the pandemic began. Of this, 2,618 have been declared ended, leaving 1,143 active clusters. 

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