Covid-19 (Aug 8): Record 360 people die from Covid-19 in one day
COVID-19 | A total of 360 people have died from Covid-19 in a single day.
The fatalities are a significant jump from the previous record of 257 Covid-19 deaths in a day, set just four days ago on Aug 4.
A total of 1,723 people have died from Covid-19 this month so far.
The Health Ministry also reported 18,688 new Covid-19 cases amid records set in Sabah and Kedah.
The two states are at the bottom in terms of the single-dose vaccination rate at 37.8 percent and 43.4 percent respectively.
As of last night, the estimated daily R-naught for the country was 1.08. An R-naught of 1.00 and above suggests that the spread of Covid-19 was accelerating.
Apart from Labuan, nowhere else in the country has an R-naught of less than 1.00. The R-naught is the highest in Kelantan (1.25) and Perlis (1.45).
A total of 17,055 Covid-19 patients recovered today but they were still outpaced by new infections, contributing to a rise in active cases.
The cumulative cases now stand at 1,262,540.
- Active cases: 225,393
- Patients in ICU: 1,095
- Intubated: 571
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