KUALA LUMPUR – Of yesterday’s 3,332 daily cases, the Health Ministry revealed that 60% (1,982) are from close-contact screening while 25% (832) stem from new clusters.
In a tweet today, the ministry said 11% (383 cases) are recorded from existing clusters and 4% (126) from other types of screening.
It also shared on its Facebook page the Covid-19 incident rate from January 1 to April 27. It is found that those between ages 20 and 29 have the highest rate of infection at 1,406 per 100,000 people, while the 30-39 category has a rate of 1,341.
“Those aged 20 to 39 are actively out socialising and working, hence, they are the ones most infected.”
Although the 20-29 category has a higher incident rate, the 30-39 category has a total 81,830 Covid-19 cases in the period of almost four months. The 20-29 category logged 79,081 cases in the same period.
The 40-49 category is in the third spot with an incident rate of 867 and 38,673 total cases, followed by the 50-59 category with a rate of 661 and 22,904 cases in total.
The 60-69 category follows with a rate of 536 and 12,682 cases, and the 10-19 grouping has a rate of 482 with 25,125 cases.
Those aged between 10 and 19 have recorded more Covid-19 infections than the older generation, ages 50 to 59 and 60 to 69. Based on ministry data, clusters linked to education and community have dominated for the past two weeks.
The last three categories – 70-79 (incident rate of 417 and a total of 4,872 cases), above 80 (rate of 406 and 1,646 cases) and 0-9 (rate of 343 and 18,628 cases).
Yesterday, Malaysia logged 3,332 Covid-19 cases, the second day in a row that infections rose above the 3,000-mark since February.
Some 15 fatalities were recorded, bringing the death toll to 1,492. The new cases also pushed the total caseload to 404,925 since the pandemic began.
Of the 12 new clusters yesterday, four came from the community, three from higher learning institutions, another three from workplaces, and two from religious activities. – The Vibes, April 30, 2021
