KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysia’s Covid-19 caseload exceeded the 6,000 mark today, as the Health Ministry reported 6,210 infections today.
In a tweet, Health Director-General Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the country has a lower positivity rate compared to yesterday’s 5.5%.
Today, 145,258 individuals underwent screening, bringing the positivity rate to 4.28%, lower than the 5% threshold set by the World Health Organisation.
Malaysia has a total of 2,413,592 Covid-19 cases.
The nation's infectivity rate or R-naught stood at 0.86, as Negri Sembilan and Kuala Lumpur recorded the highest value at one.
Putrajaya recorded an R-naught value of 0.99, Selangor (0.95), Malacca (0.93), Perlis (0.92), Kelantan (0.89), Johor (0.87), Terengganu (0.86), Kedah (0.84), Perak (0.84), Penang (0.84), Pahang (0.81), and Sarawak (0.79), while Labuan recorded a value of zero.
As for clusters, 591 remain active including the six new ones identified today.
Three clusters concerning the community were identified in Selangor, Sabah, and Negri Sembilan with a total of 74 infections.
Meanwhile, the ministry identified two worksite clusters in Negri Sembilan and Selangor with 65 cases.
Only one high-risk cluster was detected in Sabah with 34 infections. - The Vibes, October 21, 2021
