Covid-19: Malaysia reports 659 new cases, 80.3% from Sabah; daily recoveries hit record 1,000

Ahmad Naqib Idris/theedgemarkets.com
October 31, 2020 18:15 pm +08

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KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 31): Malaysia reported 659 new Covid-19 infections today, 80.3% or 529 of which came from the worst-hit state of Sabah, while the Klang Valley contributed 10.6% or 70 cases. This raised the country's cumulative positive cases to 31,548, according to the Ministry of Health (MoH).
The number of recoveries hit 1,000 today — the country's highest so far in a day — as recoveries exceeded new infections for the second day in the past four days; on Thursday, recoveries came in at 685 versus 649 new infections.
This means a total of 21,248 patients have recovered so far, yielding a recovery rate of 67.4% of total confirmed cases.
As for active cases, which carry transmission risk, the tally is now down to 10,051 from 10,392 yesterday.
The death toll, meanwhile, remained at 249 or 0.8% of total infections, with no new additions.
No new infection clusters were reported today, according to the MoH. This means the number of active clusters remains at 33, while 114 clusters have ended.
In Sabah, 205 cases originated from existing clusters, while 203 cases were discovered via contact tracing and 121 infections were discovered from other Covid-19 screening tests.

Selangor saw 55 new cases, 18 of which came from existing clusters, followed by 22 from contact tracing, and 15 from other Covid-19 tests.
Labuan and Kuala Lumpur saw 12 and 11 cases respectively, followed by Sarawak (nine cases), Perak (six), Putrajaya (four), Kedah (two), Pulau Pinang (two), Terengganu (two), Pahang (one) and Kelantan (one).
Meanwhile, 137 cases or 20.8% of total infections today were linked to the prison clusters and temporary detention centres, namely the Kepayan cluster (26 cases) and the Rumah Merah cluster (111 cases).
Of the 659 cases reported today, one was an imported infection involving a foreigner who travelled from Bangladesh.

Declining R0
During the question and answer (Q&A) session today, MoH director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said Malaysia's R0, which measures the contagiousness of the virus, was brought down to 1.5 last week — from 2.2 at the start of the third wave of infections. A higher R0 translates into a higher rate of infection in the community.
For comparison, the second wave had an R0 rate of 3.55.
“Based on the projection for R0 of 1.5, daily new cases should be 1,357. If the R0 is 1.0, it should be 950 cases per day. However, we have been seeing daily cases of below 950 — at 799 yesterday and 659 today. So our R0 is currently below 1.0.
“This means that the measures that have been enforced under the CMCO (conditional movement control order) for the past two weeks — that is, by allowing economic sectors to operate while toning down social, education and sports activities — have resulted in a lower rate of infection,” he added.
Tan Choe Choe

Covid-19: Malaysia reports 659 new cases, 80.3% from Sabah; daily recoveries hit record 1,000

Ahmad Naqib Idris/theedgemarkets.com
October 31, 2020 18:15 pm +08

https://www.theedgemarkets.com/article/covid19-malaysia-reports-659-new-cases-today-803-or-529-sabah-recoveries-hit-new-daily-high

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 31): Malaysia reported 659 new Covid-19 infections today, 80.3% or 529 of which came from the worst-hit state of Sabah, while the Klang Valley contributed 10.6% or 70 cases. This raised the country's cumulative positive cases to 31,548, according to the Ministry of Health (MoH).
The number of recoveries hit 1,000 today — the country's highest so far in a day — as recoveries exceeded new infections for the second day in the past four days; on Thursday, recoveries came in at 685 versus 649 new infections.
This means a total of 21,248 patients have recovered so far, yielding a recovery rate of 67.4% of total confirmed cases.
As for active cases, which carry transmission risk, the tally is now down to 10,051 from 10,392 yesterday.
The death toll, meanwhile, remained at 249 or 0.8% of total infections, with no new additions.
No new infection clusters were reported today, according to the MoH. This means the number of active clusters remains at 33, while 114 clusters have ended.
In Sabah, 205 cases originated from existing clusters, while 203 cases were discovered via contact tracing and 121 infections were discovered from other Covid-19 screening tests.

Selangor saw 55 new cases, 18 of which came from existing clusters, followed by 22 from contact tracing, and 15 from other Covid-19 tests.
Labuan and Kuala Lumpur saw 12 and 11 cases respectively, followed by Sarawak (nine cases), Perak (six), Putrajaya (four), Kedah (two), Pulau Pinang (two), Terengganu (two), Pahang (one) and Kelantan (one).
Meanwhile, 137 cases or 20.8% of total infections today were linked to the prison clusters and temporary detention centres, namely the Kepayan cluster (26 cases) and the Rumah Merah cluster (111 cases).
Of the 659 cases reported today, one was an imported infection involving a foreigner who travelled from Bangladesh.

Declining R0
During the question and answer (Q&A) session today, MoH director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said Malaysia's R0, which measures the contagiousness of the virus, was brought down to 1.5 last week — from 2.2 at the start of the third wave of infections. A higher R0 translates into a higher rate of infection in the community.
For comparison, the second wave had an R0 rate of 3.55.
“Based on the projection for R0 of 1.5, daily new cases should be 1,357. If the R0 is 1.0, it should be 950 cases per day. However, we have been seeing daily cases of below 950 — at 799 yesterday and 659 today. So our R0 is currently below 1.0.
“This means that the measures that have been enforced under the CMCO (conditional movement control order) for the past two weeks — that is, by allowing economic sectors to operate while toning down social, education and sports activities — have resulted in a lower rate of infection,” he added.
Tan Choe Choe

https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2020/10/31/covid-19-malaysia-on-track-of-recovery-infectivity-rate-decreases-says-health-dg

PUTRAJAYA: Despite daily three-digit Covid-19 infection figures in the country, Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah says Malaysia is on the road of recovery.
This was because the projected figures were much lower than expected, as the Health Ministry was predicting a four-digit spike of 1,357 cases on Thursday (Oct 29), based on the 1.5 infectivity rate, or known as the R nought (R0), said Dr Noor Hisham.

If the R0 level was at 1.0, Dr Noor Hisham said Malaysia would have gotten 950 cases on Oct 30 and 955 cases on Oct 31.
“But, there were only 659 cases on Oct 31. This means our R0 level is less than 1.0, ” said Dr Noor Hisham during a press conference at the Health Ministry in Putrajaya on Saturday.

“This meant that the conditional movement control order (MCO) that allows only the economic sector to function has a positive effect on reducing our R0 level to 1, ” he added.
For an R0 level of 1, it means that each Covid-19 patient will infect one other person.
Dr Noor Hisham also credited the lowered R0 level to the efforts of the Health Ministry, adding that they are now targeting to reduce the infectivity level to 0.3.
Dr Noor Hisham also urged Malaysians to play their role in ensuring SOPs are adhered to in order to curb Covid-19.

Covid-19: Malaysia’s recovery on track, infectivity rate decreasing, says Health DG
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Covid-19: Malaysia’s recovery on track, infectivity rate decreasing, says Health DG
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7:00 PM MYT By TARRENCE TAN and AUSTIN CAMOENS

https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2020/10/31/covid-19-malaysia-on-track-of-recovery-infectivity-rate-decreases-says-health-dg

PUTRAJAYA: Despite daily three-digit Covid-19 infection figures in the country, Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah says Malaysia is on the road of recovery.
This was because the projected figures were much lower than expected, as the Health Ministry was predicting a four-digit spike of 1,357 cases on Thursday (Oct 29), based on the 1.5 infectivity rate, or known as the R nought (R0), said Dr Noor Hisham.

If the R0 level was at 1.0, Dr Noor Hisham said Malaysia would have gotten 950 cases on Oct 30 and 955 cases on Oct 31.
“But, there were only 659 cases on Oct 31. This means our R0 level is less than 1.0, ” said Dr Noor Hisham during a press conference at the Health Ministry in Putrajaya on Saturday.

“This meant that the conditional movement control order (MCO) that allows only the economic sector to function has a positive effect on reducing our R0 level to 1, ” he added.
For an R0 level of 1, it means that each Covid-19 patient will infect one other person.
Dr Noor Hisham also credited the lowered R0 level to the efforts of the Health Ministry, adding that they are now targeting to reduce the infectivity level to 0.3.
Dr Noor Hisham also urged Malaysians to play their role in ensuring SOPs are adhered to in order to curb Covid-19.

Covid-19: Malaysia’s recovery on track, infectivity rate decreasing, says Health DG
* NATION
* Saturday, 31 Oct 2020 
7:00 PM MYT By TARRENCE TAN and AUSTIN CAMOENS

https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2020/10/31/covid-19-malaysia-on-track-of-recovery-infectivity-rate-decreases-says-health-dg

PUTRAJAYA: Despite daily three-digit Covid-19 infection figures in the country, Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah says Malaysia is on the road of recovery.
This was because the projected figures were much lower than expected, as the Health Ministry was predicting a four-digit spike of 1,357 cases on Thursday (Oct 29), based on the 1.5 infectivity rate, or known as the R nought (R0), said Dr Noor Hisham.

If the R0 level was at 1.0, Dr Noor Hisham said Malaysia would have gotten 950 cases on Oct 30 and 955 cases on Oct 31.
“But, there were only 659 cases on Oct 31. This means our R0 level is less than 1.0, ” said Dr Noor Hisham during a press conference at the Health Ministry in Putrajaya on Saturday.

“This meant that the conditional movement control order (MCO) that allows only the economic sector to function has a positive effect on reducing our R0 level to 1, ” he added.
For an R0 level of 1, it means that each Covid-19 patient will infect one other person.
Dr Noor Hisham also credited the lowered R0 level to the efforts of the Health Ministry, adding that they are now targeting to reduce the infectivity level to 0.3.
Dr Noor Hisham also urged Malaysians to play their role in ensuring SOPs are adhered to in order to curb Covid-19.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 31): Malaysia reported 659 new Covid-19 infections today, 80.3% or 529 of which came from the worst-hit state of Sabah, while the Klang Valley contributed 10.6% or 70 cases. This raised the country's cumulative positive cases to 31,548, according to the Ministry of Health (MoH).
The number of recoveries hit 1,000 today — the country's highest so far in a day — as recoveries exceeded new infections for the second day in the past four days; on Thursday, recoveries came in at 685 versus 649 new infections.
This means a total of 21,248 patients have recovered so far, yielding a recovery rate of 67.4% of total confirmed cases.
As for active cases, which carry transmission risk, the tally is now down to 10,051 from 10,392 yesterday.
The death toll, meanwhile, remained at 249 or 0.8% of total infections, with no new additions.
No new infection clusters were reported today, according to the MoH. This means the number of active clusters remains at 33, while 114 clusters have ended.
In Sabah, 205 cases originated from existing clusters, while 203 cases were discovered via contact tracing and 121 infections were discovered from other Covid-19 screening tests.

Selangor saw 55 new cases, 18 of which came from existing clusters, followed by 22 from contact tracing, and 15 from other Covid-19 tests.
Labuan and Kuala Lumpur saw 12 and 11 cases respectively, followed by Sarawak (nine cases), Perak (six), Putrajaya (four), Kedah (two), Pulau Pinang (two), Terengganu (two), Pahang (one) and Kelantan (one).
Meanwhile, 137 cases or 20.8% of total infections today were linked to the prison clusters and temporary detention centres, namely the Kepayan cluster (26 cases) and the Rumah Merah cluster (111 cases).
Of the 659 cases reported today, one was an imported infection involving a foreigner who travelled from Bangladesh.

Declining R0
During the question and answer (Q&A) session today, MoH director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said Malaysia's R0, which measures the contagiousness of the virus, was brought down to 1.5 last week — from 2.2 at the start of the third wave of infections. A higher R0 translates into a higher rate of infection in the community.
For comparison, the second wave had an R0 rate of 3.55.
“Based on the projection for R0 of 1.5, daily new cases should be 1,357. If the R0 is 1.0, it should be 950 cases per day. However, we have been seeing daily cases of below 950 — at 799 yesterday and 659 today. So our R0 is currently below 1.0.
“This means that the measures that have been enforced under the CMCO (conditional movement control order) for the past two weeks — that is, by allowing economic sectors to operate while toning down social, education and sports activities — have resulted in a lower rate of infection,” he added.
Tan Choe Choe

Covid-19: Malaysia reports 659 new cases, 80.3% from Sabah; daily recoveries hit record 1,000

Ahmad Naqib Idris/theedgemarkets.com
October 31, 2020 18:15 pm +08

https://www.theedgemarkets.com/article/covid19-malaysia-reports-659-new-cases-today-803-or-529-sabah-recoveries-hit-new-daily-high

Covid-19: Malaysia reports 659 new cases, 80.3% from Sabah; daily recoveries hit record 1,000

Ahmad Naqib Idris/theedgemarkets.com
October 31, 2020 18:15 pm +08

https://www.theedgemarkets.com/article/covid19-malaysia-reports-659-new-cases-today-803-or-529-sabah-recoveries-hit-new-daily-high

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 31): Malaysia reported 659 new Covid-19 infections today, 80.3% or 529 of which came from the worst-hit state of Sabah, while the Klang Valley contributed 10.6% or 70 cases. This raised the country's cumulative positive cases to 31,548, according to the Ministry of Health (MoH).
The number of recoveries hit 1,000 today — the country's highest so far in a day — as recoveries exceeded new infections for the second day in the past four days; on Thursday, recoveries came in at 685 versus 649 new infections.
This means a total of 21,248 patients have recovered so far, yielding a recovery rate of 67.4% of total confirmed cases.
As for active cases, which carry transmission risk, the tally is now down to 10,051 from 10,392 yesterday.
The death toll, meanwhile, remained at 249 or 0.8% of total infections, with no new additions.
No new infection clusters were reported today, according to the MoH. This means the number of active clusters remains at 33, while 114 clusters have ended.
In Sabah, 205 cases originated from existing clusters, while 203 cases were discovered via contact tracing and 121 infections were discovered from other Covid-19 screening tests.


Selangor saw 55 new cases, 18 of which came from existing clusters, followed by 22 from contact tracing, and 15 from other Covid-19 tests.
Labuan and Kuala Lumpur saw 12 and 11 cases respectively, followed by Sarawak (nine cases), Perak (six), Putrajaya (four), Kedah (two), Pulau Pinang (two), Terengganu (two), Pahang (one) and Kelantan (one).
Meanwhile, 137 cases or 20.8% of total infections today were linked to the prison clusters and temporary detention centres, namely the Kepayan cluster (26 cases) and the Rumah Merah cluster (111 cases).
Of the 659 cases reported today, one was an imported infection involving a foreigner who travelled from Bangladesh.

Declining R0
During the question and answer (Q&A) session today, MoH director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said Malaysia's R0, which measures the contagiousness of the virus, was brought down to 1.5 last week — from 2.2 at the start of the third wave of infections. A higher R0 translates into a higher rate of infection in the community.
For comparison, the second wave had an R0 rate of 3.55.
“Based on the projection for R0 of 1.5, daily new cases should be 1,357. If the R0 is 1.0, it should be 950 cases per day. However, we have been seeing daily cases of below 950 — at 799 yesterday and 659 today. So our R0 is currently below 1.0.
“This means that the measures that have been enforced under the CMCO (conditional movement control order) for the past two weeks — that is, by allowing economic sectors to operate while toning down social, education and sports activities — have resulted in a lower rate of infection,” he added.
Tan Choe Choe

Covid-19: Malaysia reports 659 new cases, 80.3% from Sabah; daily recoveries hit record 1,000

Ahmad Naqib Idris/theedgemarkets.com
October 31, 2020 18:15 pm +08

https://www.theedgemarkets.com/article/covid19-malaysia-reports-659-new-cases-today-803-or-529-sabah-recoveries-hit-new-daily-high

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 31): Malaysia reported 659 new Covid-19 infections today, 80.3% or 529 of which came from the worst-hit state of Sabah, while the Klang Valley contributed 10.6% or 70 cases. This raised the country's cumulative positive cases to 31,548, according to the Ministry of Health (MoH).
The number of recoveries hit 1,000 today — the country's highest so far in a day — as recoveries exceeded new infections for the second day in the past four days; on Thursday, recoveries came in at 685 versus 649 new infections.
This means a total of 21,248 patients have recovered so far, yielding a recovery rate of 67.4% of total confirmed cases.
As for active cases, which carry transmission risk, the tally is now down to 10,051 from 10,392 yesterday.
The death toll, meanwhile, remained at 249 or 0.8% of total infections, with no new additions.
No new infection clusters were reported today, according to the MoH. This means the number of active clusters remains at 33, while 114 clusters have ended.
In Sabah, 205 cases originated from existing clusters, while 203 cases were discovered via contact tracing and 121 infections were discovered from other Covid-19 screening tests.

Selangor saw 55 new cases, 18 of which came from existing clusters, followed by 22 from contact tracing, and 15 from other Covid-19 tests.
Labuan and Kuala Lumpur saw 12 and 11 cases respectively, followed by Sarawak (nine cases), Perak (six), Putrajaya (four), Kedah (two), Pulau Pinang (two), Terengganu (two), Pahang (one) and Kelantan (one).
Meanwhile, 137 cases or 20.8% of total infections today were linked to the prison clusters and temporary detention centres, namely the Kepayan cluster (26 cases) and the Rumah Merah cluster (111 cases).
Of the 659 cases reported today, one was an imported infection involving a foreigner who travelled from Bangladesh.

Declining R0
During the question and answer (Q&A) session today, MoH director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said Malaysia's R0, which measures the contagiousness of the virus, was brought down to 1.5 last week — from 2.2 at the start of the third wave of infections. A higher R0 translates into a higher rate of infection in the community.
For comparison, the second wave had an R0 rate of 3.55.
“Based on the projection for R0 of 1.5, daily new cases should be 1,357. If the R0 is 1.0, it should be 950 cases per day. However, we have been seeing daily cases of below 950 — at 799 yesterday and 659 today. So our R0 is currently below 1.0.
“This means that the measures that have been enforced under the CMCO (conditional movement control order) for the past two weeks — that is, by allowing economic sectors to operate while toning down social, education and sports activities — have resulted in a lower rate of infection,” he added.
Tan Choe Choe

PUTRAJAYA: Despite daily three-digit Covid-19 infection figures in the country, Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah says Malaysia is on the road of recovery.
This was because the projected figures were much lower than expected, as the Health Ministry was predicting a four-digit spike of 1,357 cases on Thursday (Oct 29), based on the 1.5 infectivity rate, or known as the R nought (R0), said Dr Noor Hisham.

If the R0 level was at 1.0, Dr Noor Hisham said Malaysia would have gotten 950 cases on Oct 30 and 955 cases on Oct 31.
“But, there were only 659 cases on Oct 31. This means our R0 level is less than 1.0, ” said Dr Noor Hisham during a press conference at the Health Ministry in Putrajaya on Saturday.

“This meant that the conditional movement control order (MCO) that allows only the economic sector to function has a positive effect on reducing our R0 level to 1, ” he added.
For an R0 level of 1, it means that each Covid-19 patient will infect one other person.
Dr Noor Hisham also credited the lowered R0 level to the efforts of the Health Ministry, adding that they are now targeting to reduce the infectivity level to 0.3.
Dr Noor Hisham also urged Malaysians to play their role in ensuring SOPs are adhered to in order to curb Covid-19.

Covid-19: Malaysia’s recovery on track, infectivity rate decreasing, says Health DG
* NATION
* Saturday, 31 Oct 2020 
7:00 PM MYT By TARRENCE TAN and AUSTIN CAMOENS

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Covid-19: Malaysia’s recovery on track, infectivity rate decreasing, says Health DG
* NATION
* Saturday, 31 Oct 2020 
7:00 PM MYT By TARRENCE TAN and AUSTIN CAMOENS

https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2020/10/31/covid-19-malaysia-on-track-of-recovery-infectivity-rate-decreases-says-health-dg

PUTRAJAYA: Despite daily three-digit Covid-19 infection figures in the country, Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah says Malaysia is on the road of recovery.
This was because the projected figures were much lower than expected, as the Health Ministry was predicting a four-digit spike of 1,357 cases on Thursday (Oct 29), based on the 1.5 infectivity rate, or known as the R nought (R0), said Dr Noor Hisham.

If the R0 level was at 1.0, Dr Noor Hisham said Malaysia would have gotten 950 cases on Oct 30 and 955 cases on Oct 31.
“But, there were only 659 cases on Oct 31. This means our R0 level is less than 1.0, ” said Dr Noor Hisham during a press conference at the Health Ministry in Putrajaya on Saturday.

“This meant that the conditional movement control order (MCO) that allows only the economic sector to function has a positive effect on reducing our R0 level to 1, ” he added.
For an R0 level of 1, it means that each Covid-19 patient will infect one other person.
Dr Noor Hisham also credited the lowered R0 level to the efforts of the Health Ministry, adding that they are now targeting to reduce the infectivity level to 0.3.
Dr Noor Hisham also urged Malaysians to play their role in ensuring SOPs are adhered to in order to curb Covid-19.

Covid-19: Malaysia’s recovery on track, infectivity rate decreasing, says Health DG
* NATION
* Saturday, 31 Oct 2020 
7:00 PM MYT By TARRENCE TAN and AUSTIN CAMOENS

https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2020/10/31/covid-19-malaysia-on-track-of-recovery-infectivity-rate-decreases-says-health-dg

PUTRAJAYA: Despite daily three-digit Covid-19 infection figures in the country, Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah says Malaysia is on the road of recovery.
This was because the projected figures were much lower than expected, as the Health Ministry was predicting a four-digit spike of 1,357 cases on Thursday (Oct 29), based on the 1.5 infectivity rate, or known as the R nought (R0), said Dr Noor Hisham.

If the R0 level was at 1.0, Dr Noor Hisham said Malaysia would have gotten 950 cases on Oct 30 and 955 cases on Oct 31.
“But, there were only 659 cases on Oct 31. This means our R0 level is less than 1.0, ” said Dr Noor Hisham during a press conference at the Health Ministry in Putrajaya on Saturday.

“This meant that the conditional movement control order (MCO) that allows only the economic sector to function has a positive effect on reducing our R0 level to 1, ” he added.
For an R0 level of 1, it means that each Covid-19 patient will infect one other person.
Dr Noor Hisham also credited the lowered R0 level to the efforts of the Health Ministry, adding that they are now targeting to reduce the infectivity level to 0.3.
Dr Noor Hisham also urged Malaysians to play their role in ensuring SOPs are adhered to in order to curb Covid-19.

PUTRAJAYA: Despite daily three-digit Covid-19 infection figures in the country, Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah says Malaysia is on the road of recovery.
This was because the projected figures were much lower than expected, as the Health Ministry was predicting a four-digit spike of 1,357 cases on Thursday (Oct 29), based on the 1.5 infectivity rate, or known as the R nought (R0), said Dr Noor Hisham.

If the R0 level was at 1.0, Dr Noor Hisham said Malaysia would have gotten 950 cases on Oct 30 and 955 cases on Oct 31.
“But, there were only 659 cases on Oct 31. This means our R0 level is less than 1.0, ” said Dr Noor Hisham during a press conference at the Health Ministry in Putrajaya on Saturday.

“This meant that the conditional movement control order (MCO) that allows only the economic sector to function has a positive effect on reducing our R0 level to 1, ” he added.
For an R0 level of 1, it means that each Covid-19 patient will infect one other person.
Dr Noor Hisham also credited the lowered R0 level to the efforts of the Health Ministry, adding that they are now targeting to reduce the infectivity level to 0.3.
Dr Noor Hisham also urged Malaysians to play their role in ensuring SOPs are adhered to in order to curb Covid-19.

Covid-19: Malaysia’s recovery on track, infectivity rate decreasing, says Health DG
* NATION
* Saturday, 31 Oct 2020 
7:00 PM MYT By TARRENCE TAN and AUSTIN CAMOENS

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Covid-19: Malaysia’s recovery on track, infectivity rate decreasing, says Health DG
* NATION
* Saturday, 31 Oct 2020 
7:00 PM MYT By TARRENCE TAN and AUSTIN CAMOENS

https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2020/10/31/covid-19-malaysia-on-track-of-recovery-infectivity-rate-decreases-says-health-dg

PUTRAJAYA: Despite daily three-digit Covid-19 infection figures in the country, Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah says Malaysia is on the road of recovery.
This was because the projected figures were much lower than expected, as the Health Ministry was predicting a four-digit spike of 1,357 cases on Thursday (Oct 29), based on the 1.5 infectivity rate, or known as the R nought (R0), said Dr Noor Hisham.

If the R0 level was at 1.0, Dr Noor Hisham said Malaysia would have gotten 950 cases on Oct 30 and 955 cases on Oct 31.
“But, there were only 659 cases on Oct 31. This means our R0 level is less than 1.0, ” said Dr Noor Hisham during a press conference at the Health Ministry in Putrajaya on Saturday.

“This meant that the conditional movement control order (MCO) that allows only the economic sector to function has a positive effect on reducing our R0 level to 1, ” he added.
For an R0 level of 1, it means that each Covid-19 patient will infect one other person.
Dr Noor Hisham also credited the lowered R0 level to the efforts of the Health Ministry, adding that they are now targeting to reduce the infectivity level to 0.3.
Dr Noor Hisham also urged Malaysians to play their role in ensuring SOPs are adhered to in order to curb Covid-19.

Covid-19: Malaysia’s recovery on track, infectivity rate decreasing, says Health DG
* NATION
* Saturday, 31 Oct 2020 
7:00 PM MYT By TARRENCE TAN and AUSTIN CAMOENS

https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2020/10/31/covid-19-malaysia-on-track-of-recovery-infectivity-rate-decreases-says-health-dg

PUTRAJAYA: Despite daily three-digit Covid-19 infection figures in the country, Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah says Malaysia is on the road of recovery.
This was because the projected figures were much lower than expected, as the Health Ministry was predicting a four-digit spike of 1,357 cases on Thursday (Oct 29), based on the 1.5 infectivity rate, or known as the R nought (R0), said Dr Noor Hisham.

If the R0 level was at 1.0, Dr Noor Hisham said Malaysia would have gotten 950 cases on Oct 30 and 955 cases on Oct 31.
“But, there were only 659 cases on Oct 31. This means our R0 level is less than 1.0, ” said Dr Noor Hisham during a press conference at the Health Ministry in Putrajaya on Saturday.

“This meant that the conditional movement control order (MCO) that allows only the economic sector to function has a positive effect on reducing our R0 level to 1, ” he added.
For an R0 level of 1, it means that each Covid-19 patient will infect one other person.
Dr Noor Hisham also credited the lowered R0 level to the efforts of the Health Ministry, adding that they are now targeting to reduce the infectivity level to 0.3.
Dr Noor Hisham also urged Malaysians to play their role in ensuring SOPs are adhered to in order to curb Covid-19.

PUTRAJAYA: Despite daily three-digit Covid-19 infection figures in the country, Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah says Malaysia is on the road of recovery.
This was because the projected figures were much lower than expected, as the Health Ministry was predicting a four-digit spike of 1,357 cases on Thursday (Oct 29), based on the 1.5 infectivity rate, or known as the R nought (R0), said Dr Noor Hisham.

If the R0 level was at 1.0, Dr Noor Hisham said Malaysia would have gotten 950 cases on Oct 30 and 955 cases on Oct 31.
“But, there were only 659 cases on Oct 31. This means our R0 level is less than 1.0, ” said Dr Noor Hisham during a press conference at the Health Ministry in Putrajaya on Saturday.

“This meant that the conditional movement control order (MCO) that allows only the economic sector to function has a positive effect on reducing our R0 level to 1, ” he added.
For an R0 level of 1, it means that each Covid-19 patient will infect one other person.
Dr Noor Hisham also credited the lowered R0 level to the efforts of the Health Ministry, adding that they are now targeting to reduce the infectivity level to 0.3.
Dr Noor Hisham also urged Malaysians to play their role in ensuring SOPs are adhered to in order to curb Covid-19.

Covid-19: Malaysia’s recovery on track, infectivity rate decreasing, says Health DG
* NATION
* Saturday, 31 Oct 2020 
7:00 PM MYT By TARRENCE TAN and AUSTIN CAMOENS

https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2020/10/31/covid-19-malaysia-on-track-of-recovery-infectivity-rate-decreases-says-health-dg

Covid-19: Malaysia’s recovery on track, infectivity rate decreasing, says Health DG
* NATION
* Saturday, 31 Oct 2020 
7:00 PM MYT By TARRENCE TAN and AUSTIN CAMOENS

https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2020/10/31/covid-19-malaysia-on-track-of-recovery-infectivity-rate-decreases-says-health-dg

PUTRAJAYA: Despite daily three-digit Covid-19 infection figures in the country, Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah says Malaysia is on the road of recovery.
This was because the projected figures were much lower than expected, as the Health Ministry was predicting a four-digit spike of 1,357 cases on Thursday (Oct 29), based on the 1.5 infectivity rate, or known as the R nought (R0), said Dr Noor Hisham.

If the R0 level was at 1.0, Dr Noor Hisham said Malaysia would have gotten 950 cases on Oct 30 and 955 cases on Oct 31.
“But, there were only 659 cases on Oct 31. This means our R0 level is less than 1.0, ” said Dr Noor Hisham during a press conference at the Health Ministry in Putrajaya on Saturday.

“This meant that the conditional movement control order (MCO) that allows only the economic sector to function has a positive effect on reducing our R0 level to 1, ” he added.
For an R0 level of 1, it means that each Covid-19 patient will infect one other person.
Dr Noor Hisham also credited the lowered R0 level to the efforts of the Health Ministry, adding that they are now targeting to reduce the infectivity level to 0.3.
Dr Noor Hisham also urged Malaysians to play their role in ensuring SOPs are adhered to in order to curb Covid-19.

Covid-19: Malaysia’s recovery on track, infectivity rate decreasing, says Health DG
* NATION
* Saturday, 31 Oct 2020 
7:00 PM MYT By TARRENCE TAN and AUSTIN CAMOENS

https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2020/10/31/covid-19-malaysia-on-track-of-recovery-infectivity-rate-decreases-says-health-dg

PUTRAJAYA: Despite daily three-digit Covid-19 infection figures in the country, Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah says Malaysia is on the road of recovery.
This was because the projected figures were much lower than expected, as the Health Ministry was predicting a four-digit spike of 1,357 cases on Thursday (Oct 29), based on the 1.5 infectivity rate, or known as the R nought (R0), said Dr Noor Hisham.

If the R0 level was at 1.0, Dr Noor Hisham said Malaysia would have gotten 950 cases on Oct 30 and 955 cases on Oct 31.
“But, there were only 659 cases on Oct 31. This means our R0 level is less than 1.0, ” said Dr Noor Hisham during a press conference at the Health Ministry in Putrajaya on Saturday.

“This meant that the conditional movement control order (MCO) that allows only the economic sector to function has a positive effect on reducing our R0 level to 1, ” he added.
For an R0 level of 1, it means that each Covid-19 patient will infect one other person.
Dr Noor Hisham also credited the lowered R0 level to the efforts of the Health Ministry, adding that they are now targeting to reduce the infectivity level to 0.3.
Dr Noor Hisham also urged Malaysians to play their role in ensuring SOPs are adhered to in order to curb Covid-19.

Covid-19: Malaysia reports 659 new cases, 80.3% from Sabah; daily recoveries hit record 1,000

Ahmad Naqib Idris /
theedgemarkets.com
October 31, 2020 18:15 pm +08

https://www.theedgemarkets.com/article/covid19-malaysia-reports-659-new-cases-today-803-or-529-sabah-recoveries-hit-new-daily-high

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 31): Malaysia reported 659 new Covid-19 infections today, 80.3% or 529 of which came from the worst-hit state of Sabah, while the Klang Valley contributed 10.6% or 70 cases. This raised the country's cumulative positive cases to 31,548, according to the Ministry of Health (MoH).
The number of recoveries hit 1,000 today — the country's highest so far in a day — as recoveries exceeded new infections for the second day in the past four days; on Thursday, recoveries came in at 685 versus 649 new infections.
This means a total of 21,248 patients have recovered so far, yielding a recovery rate of 67.4% of total confirmed cases.
As for active cases, which carry transmission risk, the tally is now down to 10,051 from 10,392 yesterday.
The death toll, meanwhile, remained at 249 or 0.8% of total infections, with no new additions.
No new infection clusters were reported today, according to the MoH. This means the number of active clusters remains at 33, while 114 clusters have ended.
In Sabah, 205 cases originated from existing clusters, while 203 cases were discovered via contact tracing and 121 infections were discovered from other Covid-19 screening tests.

Selangor saw 55 new cases, 18 of which came from existing clusters, followed by 22 from contact tracing, and 15 from other Covid-19 tests.
Labuan and Kuala Lumpur saw 12 and 11 cases respectively, followed by Sarawak (nine cases), Perak (six), Putrajaya (four), Kedah (two), Pulau Pinang (two), Terengganu (two), Pahang (one) and Kelantan (one).
Meanwhile, 137 cases or 20.8% of total infections today were linked to the prison clusters and temporary detention centres, namely the Kepayan cluster (26 cases) and the Rumah Merah cluster (111 cases).
Of the 659 cases reported today, one was an imported infection involving a foreigner who travelled from Bangladesh.

Declining R0
During the question and answer (Q&A) session today, MoH director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said Malaysia's R0, which measures the contagiousness of the virus, was brought down to 1.5 last week — from 2.2 at the start of the third wave of infections. A higher R0 translates into a higher rate of infection in the community.
For comparison, the second wave had an R0 rate of 3.55.
“Based on the projection for R0 of 1.5, daily new cases should be 1,357. If the R0 is 1.0, it should be 950 cases per day. However, we have been seeing daily cases of below 950 — at 799 yesterday and 659 today. So our R0 is currently below 1.0.
“This means that the measures that have been enforced under the CMCO (conditional movement control order) for the past two weeks — that is, by allowing economic sectors to operate while toning down social, education and sports activities — have resulted in a lower rate of infection,” he added.
Tan Choe Choe

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 31): Malaysia reported 659 new Covid-19 infections today, 80.3% or 529 of which came from the worst-hit state of Sabah, while the Klang Valley contributed 10.6% or 70 cases. This raised the country's cumulative positive cases to 31,548, according to the Ministry of Health (MoH).
The number of recoveries hit 1,000 today — the country's highest so far in a day — as recoveries exceeded new infections for the second day in the past four days; on Thursday, recoveries came in at 685 versus 649 new infections.
This means a total of 21,248 patients have recovered so far, yielding a recovery rate of 67.4% of total confirmed cases.
As for active cases, which carry transmission risk, the tally is now down to 10,051 from 10,392 yesterday.
The death toll, meanwhile, remained at 249 or 0.8% of total infections, with no new additions.
No new infection clusters were reported today, according to the MoH. This means the number of active clusters remains at 33, while 114 clusters have ended.
In Sabah, 205 cases originated from existing clusters, while 203 cases were discovered via contact tracing and 121 infections were discovered from other Covid-19 screening tests.

Selangor saw 55 new cases, 18 of which came from existing clusters, followed by 22 from contact tracing, and 15 from other Covid-19 tests.
Labuan and Kuala Lumpur saw 12 and 11 cases respectively, followed by Sarawak (nine cases), Perak (six), Putrajaya (four), Kedah (two), Pulau Pinang (two), Terengganu (two), Pahang (one) and Kelantan (one).
Meanwhile, 137 cases or 20.8% of total infections today were linked to the prison clusters and temporary detention centres, namely the Kepayan cluster (26 cases) and the Rumah Merah cluster (111 cases).
Of the 659 cases reported today, one was an imported infection involving a foreigner who travelled from Bangladesh.

Declining R0
During the question and answer (Q&A) session today, MoH director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said Malaysia's R0, which measures the contagiousness of the virus, was brought down to 1.5 last week — from 2.2 at the start of the third wave of infections. A higher R0 translates into a higher rate of infection in the community.
For comparison, the second wave had an R0 rate of 3.55.
“Based on the projection for R0 of 1.5, daily new cases should be 1,357. If the R0 is 1.0, it should be 950 cases per day. However, we have been seeing daily cases of below 950 — at 799 yesterday and 659 today. So our R0 is currently below 1.0.
“This means that the measures that have been enforced under the CMCO (conditional movement control order) for the past two weeks — that is, by allowing economic sectors to operate while toning down social, education and sports activities — have resulted in a lower rate of infection,” he added.
Tan Choe Choe

Covid-19: Malaysia reports 659 new cases, 80.3% from Sabah; daily recoveries hit record 1,000

Ahmad Naqib Idris /
theedgemarkets.com
October 31, 2020 18:15 pm +08

https://www.theedgemarkets.com/article/covid19-malaysia-reports-659-new-cases-today-803-or-529-sabah-recoveries-hit-new-daily-high

Covid-19: Malaysia reports 659 new cases, 80.3% from Sabah; daily recoveries hit record 1,000

Ahmad Naqib Idris /
theedgemarkets.com
October 31, 2020 18:15 pm +08

https://www.theedgemarkets.com/article/covid19-malaysia-reports-659-new-cases-today-803-or-529-sabah-recoveries-hit-new-daily-high

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 31): Malaysia reported 659 new Covid-19 infections today, 80.3% or 529 of which came from the worst-hit state of Sabah, while the Klang Valley contributed 10.6% or 70 cases. This raised the country's cumulative positive cases to 31,548, according to the Ministry of Health (MoH).
The number of recoveries hit 1,000 today — the country's highest so far in a day — as recoveries exceeded new infections for the second day in the past four days; on Thursday, recoveries came in at 685 versus 649 new infections.
This means a total of 21,248 patients have recovered so far, yielding a recovery rate of 67.4% of total confirmed cases.
As for active cases, which carry transmission risk, the tally is now down to 10,051 from 10,392 yesterday.
The death toll, meanwhile, remained at 249 or 0.8% of total infections, with no new additions.
No new infection clusters were reported today, according to the MoH. This means the number of active clusters remains at 33, while 114 clusters have ended.
In Sabah, 205 cases originated from existing clusters, while 203 cases were discovered via contact tracing and 121 infections were discovered from other Covid-19 screening tests.

Selangor saw 55 new cases, 18 of which came from existing clusters, followed by 22 from contact tracing, and 15 from other Covid-19 tests.
Labuan and Kuala Lumpur saw 12 and 11 cases respectively, followed by Sarawak (nine cases), Perak (six), Putrajaya (four), Kedah (two), Pulau Pinang (two), Terengganu (two), Pahang (one) and Kelantan (one).
Meanwhile, 137 cases or 20.8% of total infections today were linked to the prison clusters and temporary detention centres, namely the Kepayan cluster (26 cases) and the Rumah Merah cluster (111 cases).
Of the 659 cases reported today, one was an imported infection involving a foreigner who travelled from Bangladesh.

Declining R0
During the question and answer (Q&A) session today, MoH director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said Malaysia's R0, which measures the contagiousness of the virus, was brought down to 1.5 last week — from 2.2 at the start of the third wave of infections. A higher R0 translates into a higher rate of infection in the community.
For comparison, the second wave had an R0 rate of 3.55.
“Based on the projection for R0 of 1.5, daily new cases should be 1,357. If the R0 is 1.0, it should be 950 cases per day. However, we have been seeing daily cases of below 950 — at 799 yesterday and 659 today. So our R0 is currently below 1.0.
“This means that the measures that have been enforced under the CMCO (conditional movement control order) for the past two weeks — that is, by allowing economic sectors to operate while toning down social, education and sports activities — have resulted in a lower rate of infection,” he added.
Tan Choe Choe

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 31): Malaysia reported 659 new Covid-19 infections today, 80.3% or 529 of which came from the worst-hit state of Sabah, while the Klang Valley contributed 10.6% or 70 cases. This raised the country's cumulative positive cases to 31,548, according to the Ministry of Health (MoH).
The number of recoveries hit 1,000 today — the country's highest so far in a day — as recoveries exceeded new infections for the second day in the past four days; on Thursday, recoveries came in at 685 versus 649 new infections.
This means a total of 21,248 patients have recovered so far, yielding a recovery rate of 67.4% of total confirmed cases.
As for active cases, which carry transmission risk, the tally is now down to 10,051 from 10,392 yesterday.
The death toll, meanwhile, remained at 249 or 0.8% of total infections, with no new additions.
No new infection clusters were reported today, according to the MoH. This means the number of active clusters remains at 33, while 114 clusters have ended.
In Sabah, 205 cases originated from existing clusters, while 203 cases were discovered via contact tracing and 121 infections were discovered from other Covid-19 screening tests.

Selangor saw 55 new cases, 18 of which came from existing clusters, followed by 22 from contact tracing, and 15 from other Covid-19 tests.
Labuan and Kuala Lumpur saw 12 and 11 cases respectively, followed by Sarawak (nine cases), Perak (six), Putrajaya (four), Kedah (two), Pulau Pinang (two), Terengganu (two), Pahang (one) and Kelantan (one).
Meanwhile, 137 cases or 20.8% of total infections today were linked to the prison clusters and temporary detention centres, namely the Kepayan cluster (26 cases) and the Rumah Merah cluster (111 cases).
Of the 659 cases reported today, one was an imported infection involving a foreigner who travelled from Bangladesh.

Declining R0
During the question and answer (Q&A) session today, MoH director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said Malaysia's R0, which measures the contagiousness of the virus, was brought down to 1.5 last week — from 2.2 at the start of the third wave of infections. A higher R0 translates into a higher rate of infection in the community.
For comparison, the second wave had an R0 rate of 3.55.
“Based on the projection for R0 of 1.5, daily new cases should be 1,357. If the R0 is 1.0, it should be 950 cases per day. However, we have been seeing daily cases of below 950 — at 799 yesterday and 659 today. So our R0 is currently below 1.0.
“This means that the measures that have been enforced under the CMCO (conditional movement control order) for the past two weeks — that is, by allowing economic sectors to operate while toning down social, education and sports activities — have resulted in a lower rate of infection,” he added.
Tan Choe Choe

Covid-19: Malaysia reports 659 new cases, 80.3% from Sabah; daily recoveries hit record 1,000

Ahmad Naqib Idris /
theedgemarkets.com
October 31, 2020 18:15 pm +08

https://www.theedgemarkets.com/article/covid19-malaysia-reports-659-new-cases-today-803-or-529-sabah-recoveries-hit-new-daily-high

Covid-19: Malaysia reports 659 new cases, 80.3% from Sabah; daily recoveries hit record 1,000

Ahmad Naqib Idris /
theedgemarkets.com
October 31, 2020 18:15 pm +08

https://www.theedgemarkets.com/article/covid19-malaysia-reports-659-new-cases-today-803-or-529-sabah-recoveries-hit-new-daily-high

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 31): Malaysia reported 659 new Covid-19 infections today, 80.3% or 529 of which came from the worst-hit state of Sabah, while the Klang Valley contributed 10.6% or 70 cases. This raised the country's cumulative positive cases to 31,548, according to the Ministry of Health (MoH).
The number of recoveries hit 1,000 today — the country's highest so far in a day — as recoveries exceeded new infections for the second day in the past four days; on Thursday, recoveries came in at 685 versus 649 new infections.
This means a total of 21,248 patients have recovered so far, yielding a recovery rate of 67.4% of total confirmed cases.
As for active cases, which carry transmission risk, the tally is now down to 10,051 from 10,392 yesterday.
The death toll, meanwhile, remained at 249 or 0.8% of total infections, with no new additions.
No new infection clusters were reported today, according to the MoH. This means the number of active clusters remains at 33, while 114 clusters have ended.
In Sabah, 205 cases originated from existing clusters, while 203 cases were discovered via contact tracing and 121 infections were discovered from other Covid-19 screening tests.

Selangor saw 55 new cases, 18 of which came from existing clusters, followed by 22 from contact tracing, and 15 from other Covid-19 tests.
Labuan and Kuala Lumpur saw 12 and 11 cases respectively, followed by Sarawak (nine cases), Perak (six), Putrajaya (four), Kedah (two), Pulau Pinang (two), Terengganu (two), Pahang (one) and Kelantan (one).
Meanwhile, 137 cases or 20.8% of total infections today were linked to the prison clusters and temporary detention centres, namely the Kepayan cluster (26 cases) and the Rumah Merah cluster (111 cases).
Of the 659 cases reported today, one was an imported infection involving a foreigner who travelled from Bangladesh.

Declining R0
During the question and answer (Q&A) session today, MoH director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said Malaysia's R0, which measures the contagiousness of the virus, was brought down to 1.5 last week — from 2.2 at the start of the third wave of infections. A higher R0 translates into a higher rate of infection in the community.
For comparison, the second wave had an R0 rate of 3.55.
“Based on the projection for R0 of 1.5, daily new cases should be 1,357. If the R0 is 1.0, it should be 950 cases per day. However, we have been seeing daily cases of below 950 — at 799 yesterday and 659 today. So our R0 is currently below 1.0.
“This means that the measures that have been enforced under the CMCO (conditional movement control order) for the past two weeks — that is, by allowing economic sectors to operate while toning down social, education and sports activities — have resulted in a lower rate of infection,” he added.
Tan Choe Choe

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 31): Malaysia reported 659 new Covid-19 infections today, 80.3% or 529 of which came from the worst-hit state of Sabah, while the Klang Valley contributed 10.6% or 70 cases. This raised the country's cumulative positive cases to 31,548, according to the Ministry of Health (MoH).
The number of recoveries hit 1,000 today — the country's highest so far in a day — as recoveries exceeded new infections for the second day in the past four days; on Thursday, recoveries came in at 685 versus 649 new infections.
This means a total of 21,248 patients have recovered so far, yielding a recovery rate of 67.4% of total confirmed cases.
As for active cases, which carry transmission risk, the tally is now down to 10,051 from 10,392 yesterday.
The death toll, meanwhile, remained at 249 or 0.8% of total infections, with no new additions.
No new infection clusters were reported today, according to the MoH. This means the number of active clusters remains at 33, while 114 clusters have ended.
In Sabah, 205 cases originated from existing clusters, while 203 cases were discovered via contact tracing and 121 infections were discovered from other Covid-19 screening tests.

Selangor saw 55 new cases, 18 of which came from existing clusters, followed by 22 from contact tracing, and 15 from other Covid-19 tests.
Labuan and Kuala Lumpur saw 12 and 11 cases respectively, followed by Sarawak (nine cases), Perak (six), Putrajaya (four), Kedah (two), Pulau Pinang (two), Terengganu (two), Pahang (one) and Kelantan (one).
Meanwhile, 137 cases or 20.8% of total infections today were linked to the prison clusters and temporary detention centres, namely the Kepayan cluster (26 cases) and the Rumah Merah cluster (111 cases).
Of the 659 cases reported today, one was an imported infection involving a foreigner who travelled from Bangladesh.

Declining R0
During the question and answer (Q&A) session today, MoH director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said Malaysia's R0, which measures the contagiousness of the virus, was brought down to 1.5 last week — from 2.2 at the start of the third wave of infections. A higher R0 translates into a higher rate of infection in the community.
For comparison, the second wave had an R0 rate of 3.55.
“Based on the projection for R0 of 1.5, daily new cases should be 1,357. If the R0 is 1.0, it should be 950 cases per day. However, we have been seeing daily cases of below 950 — at 799 yesterday and 659 today. So our R0 is currently below 1.0.
“This means that the measures that have been enforced under the CMCO (conditional movement control order) for the past two weeks — that is, by allowing economic sectors to operate while toning down social, education and sports activities — have resulted in a lower rate of infection,” he added.
Tan Choe Choe

Covid-19: Malaysia reports 659 new cases, 80.3% from Sabah; daily recoveries hit record 1,000

Ahmad Naqib Idris /
theedgemarkets.com
October 31, 2020 18:15 pm +08

https://www.theedgemarkets.com/article/covid19-malaysia-reports-659-new-cases-today-803-or-529-sabah-recoveries-hit-new-daily-high

Covid-19: Malaysia reports 659 new cases, 80.3% from Sabah; daily recoveries hit record 1,000

Ahmad Naqib Idris /
theedgemarkets.com
October 31, 2020 18:15 pm +08

https://www.theedgemarkets.com/article/covid19-malaysia-reports-659-new-cases-today-803-or-529-sabah-recoveries-hit-new-daily-high

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 31): Malaysia reported 659 new Covid-19 infections today, 80.3% or 529 of which came from the worst-hit state of Sabah, while the Klang Valley contributed 10.6% or 70 cases. This raised the country's cumulative positive cases to 31,548, according to the Ministry of Health (MoH).
The number of recoveries hit 1,000 today — the country's highest so far in a day — as recoveries exceeded new infections for the second day in the past four days; on Thursday, recoveries came in at 685 versus 649 new infections.
This means a total of 21,248 patients have recovered so far, yielding a recovery rate of 67.4% of total confirmed cases.
As for active cases, which carry transmission risk, the tally is now down to 10,051 from 10,392 yesterday.
The death toll, meanwhile, remained at 249 or 0.8% of total infections, with no new additions.
No new infection clusters were reported today, according to the MoH. This means the number of active clusters remains at 33, while 114 clusters have ended.
In Sabah, 205 cases originated from existing clusters, while 203 cases were discovered via contact tracing and 121 infections were discovered from other Covid-19 screening tests.

Selangor saw 55 new cases, 18 of which came from existing clusters, followed by 22 from contact tracing, and 15 from other Covid-19 tests.
Labuan and Kuala Lumpur saw 12 and 11 cases respectively, followed by Sarawak (nine cases), Perak (six), Putrajaya (four), Kedah (two), Pulau Pinang (two), Terengganu (two), Pahang (one) and Kelantan (one).
Meanwhile, 137 cases or 20.8% of total infections today were linked to the prison clusters and temporary detention centres, namely the Kepayan cluster (26 cases) and the Rumah Merah cluster (111 cases).
Of the 659 cases reported today, one was an imported infection involving a foreigner who travelled from Bangladesh.

Declining R0
During the question and answer (Q&A) session today, MoH director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said Malaysia's R0, which measures the contagiousness of the virus, was brought down to 1.5 last week — from 2.2 at the start of the third wave of infections. A higher R0 translates into a higher rate of infection in the community.
For comparison, the second wave had an R0 rate of 3.55.
“Based on the projection for R0 of 1.5, daily new cases should be 1,357. If the R0 is 1.0, it should be 950 cases per day. However, we have been seeing daily cases of below 950 — at 799 yesterday and 659 today. So our R0 is currently below 1.0.
“This means that the measures that have been enforced under the CMCO (conditional movement control order) for the past two weeks — that is, by allowing economic sectors to operate while toning down social, education and sports activities — have resulted in a lower rate of infection,” he added.
Tan Choe Choe

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 31): Malaysia reported 659 new Covid-19 infections today, 80.3% or 529 of which came from the worst-hit state of Sabah, while the Klang Valley contributed 10.6% or 70 cases. This raised the country's cumulative positive cases to 31,548, according to the Ministry of Health (MoH).
The number of recoveries hit 1,000 today — the country's highest so far in a day — as recoveries exceeded new infections for the second day in the past four days; on Thursday, recoveries came in at 685 versus 649 new infections.
This means a total of 21,248 patients have recovered so far, yielding a recovery rate of 67.4% of total confirmed cases.
As for active cases, which carry transmission risk, the tally is now down to 10,051 from 10,392 yesterday.
The death toll, meanwhile, remained at 249 or 0.8% of total infections, with no new additions.
No new infection clusters were reported today, according to the MoH. This means the number of active clusters remains at 33, while 114 clusters have ended.
In Sabah, 205 cases originated from existing clusters, while 203 cases were discovered via contact tracing and 121 infections were discovered from other Covid-19 screening tests.

Selangor saw 55 new cases, 18 of which came from existing clusters, followed by 22 from contact tracing, and 15 from other Covid-19 tests.
Labuan and Kuala Lumpur saw 12 and 11 cases respectively, followed by Sarawak (nine cases), Perak (six), Putrajaya (four), Kedah (two), Pulau Pinang (two), Terengganu (two), Pahang (one) and Kelantan (one).
Meanwhile, 137 cases or 20.8% of total infections today were linked to the prison clusters and temporary detention centres, namely the Kepayan cluster (26 cases) and the Rumah Merah cluster (111 cases).
Of the 659 cases reported today, one was an imported infection involving a foreigner who travelled from Bangladesh.

Declining R0
During the question and answer (Q&A) session today, MoH director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said Malaysia's R0, which measures the contagiousness of the virus, was brought down to 1.5 last week — from 2.2 at the start of the third wave of infections. A higher R0 translates into a higher rate of infection in the community.
For comparison, the second wave had an R0 rate of 3.55.
“Based on the projection for R0 of 1.5, daily new cases should be 1,357. If the R0 is 1.0, it should be 950 cases per day. However, we have been seeing daily cases of below 950 — at 799 yesterday and 659 today. So our R0 is currently below 1.0.
“This means that the measures that have been enforced under the CMCO (conditional movement control order) for the past two weeks — that is, by allowing economic sectors to operate while toning down social, education and sports activities — have resulted in a lower rate of infection,” he added.
Tan Choe Choe

Covid-19: Malaysia reports 659 new cases, 80.3% from Sabah; daily recoveries hit record 1,000

Ahmad Naqib Idris /
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October 31, 2020 18:15 pm +08

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Covid-19: Malaysia reports 659 new cases, 80.3% from Sabah; daily recoveries hit record 1,000

Ahmad Naqib Idris /
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October 31, 2020 18:15 pm +08

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KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 31): Malaysia reported 659 new Covid-19 infections today, 80.3% or 529 of which came from the worst-hit state of Sabah, while the Klang Valley contributed 10.6% or 70 cases. This raised the country's cumulative positive cases to 31,548, according to the Ministry of Health (MoH).
The number of recoveries hit 1,000 today — the country's highest so far in a day — as recoveries exceeded new infections for the second day in the past four days; on Thursday, recoveries came in at 685 versus 649 new infections.
This means a total of 21,248 patients have recovered so far, yielding a recovery rate of 67.4% of total confirmed cases.
As for active cases, which carry transmission risk, the tally is now down to 10,051 from 10,392 yesterday.
The death toll, meanwhile, remained at 249 or 0.8% of total infections, with no new additions.
No new infection clusters were reported today, according to the MoH. This means the number of active clusters remains at 33, while 114 clusters have ended.
In Sabah, 205 cases originated from existing clusters, while 203 cases were discovered via contact tracing and 121 infections were discovered from other Covid-19 screening tests.

Selangor saw 55 new cases, 18 of which came from existing clusters, followed by 22 from contact tracing, and 15 from other Covid-19 tests.
Labuan and Kuala Lumpur saw 12 and 11 cases respectively, followed by Sarawak (nine cases), Perak (six), Putrajaya (four), Kedah (two), Pulau Pinang (two), Terengganu (two), Pahang (one) and Kelantan (one).
Meanwhile, 137 cases or 20.8% of total infections today were linked to the prison clusters and temporary detention centres, namely the Kepayan cluster (26 cases) and the Rumah Merah cluster (111 cases).
Of the 659 cases reported today, one was an imported infection involving a foreigner who travelled from Bangladesh.

Declining R0
During the question and answer (Q&A) session today, MoH director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said Malaysia's R0, which measures the contagiousness of the virus, was brought down to 1.5 last week — from 2.2 at the start of the third wave of infections. A higher R0 translates into a higher rate of infection in the community.
For comparison, the second wave had an R0 rate of 3.55.
“Based on the projection for R0 of 1.5, daily new cases should be 1,357. If the R0 is 1.0, it should be 950 cases per day. However, we have been seeing daily cases of below 950 — at 799 yesterday and 659 today. So our R0 is currently below 1.0.
“This means that the measures that have been enforced under the CMCO (conditional movement control order) for the past two weeks — that is, by allowing economic sectors to operate while toning down social, education and sports activities — have resulted in a lower rate of infection,” he added.
Tan Choe Choe

Covid-19: Malaysia reports 659 new cases, 80.3% from Sabah; daily recoveries hit record 1,000

Ahmad Naqib Idris /
theedgemarkets.com
October 31, 2020 18:15 pm +08

https://www.theedgemarkets.com/article/covid19-malaysia-reports-659-new-cases-today-803-or-529-sabah-recoveries-hit-new-daily-high

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 31): Malaysia reported 659 new Covid-19 infections today, 80.3% or 529 of which came from the worst-hit state of Sabah, while the Klang Valley contributed 10.6% or 70 cases. This raised the country's cumulative positive cases to 31,548, according to the Ministry of Health (MoH).
The number of recoveries hit 1,000 today — the country's highest so far in a day — as recoveries exceeded new infections for the second day in the past four days; on Thursday, recoveries came in at 685 versus 649 new infections.
This means a total of 21,248 patients have recovered so far, yielding a recovery rate of 67.4% of total confirmed cases.
As for active cases, which carry transmission risk, the tally is now down to 10,051 from 10,392 yesterday.
The death toll, meanwhile, remained at 249 or 0.8% of total infections, with no new additions.
No new infection clusters were reported today, according to the MoH. This means the number of active clusters remains at 33, while 114 clusters have ended.
In Sabah, 205 cases originated from existing clusters, while 203 cases were discovered via contact tracing and 121 infections were discovered from other Covid-19 screening tests.

Selangor saw 55 new cases, 18 of which came from existing clusters, followed by 22 from contact tracing, and 15 from other Covid-19 tests.
Labuan and Kuala Lumpur saw 12 and 11 cases respectively, followed by Sarawak (nine cases), Perak (six), Putrajaya (four), Kedah (two), Pulau Pinang (two), Terengganu (two), Pahang (one) and Kelantan (one).
Meanwhile, 137 cases or 20.8% of total infections today were linked to the prison clusters and temporary detention centres, namely the Kepayan cluster (26 cases) and the Rumah Merah cluster (111 cases).
Of the 659 cases reported today, one was an imported infection involving a foreigner who travelled from Bangladesh.

Declining R0
During the question and answer (Q&A) session today, MoH director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said Malaysia's R0, which measures the contagiousness of the virus, was brought down to 1.5 last week — from 2.2 at the start of the third wave of infections. A higher R0 translates into a higher rate of infection in the community.
For comparison, the second wave had an R0 rate of 3.55.
“Based on the projection for R0 of 1.5, daily new cases should be 1,357. If the R0 is 1.0, it should be 950 cases per day. However, we have been seeing daily cases of below 950 — at 799 yesterday and 659 today. So our R0 is currently below 1.0.
“This means that the measures that have been enforced under the CMCO (conditional movement control order) for the past two weeks — that is, by allowing economic sectors to operate while toning down social, education and sports activities — have resulted in a lower rate of infection,” he added.
Tan Choe Choe

EKOVEST -Trading Halt & Resumption of Trading

https://www.bursamalaysia.com/market_information/announcements/company_announcement/announcement_details?ann_id=3100916

Ekovest Berhad

Kindly be advised that trading in EKOVEST's securities has been halted with effect from 2.30 p.m., Friday, 30 October 2020. Accordingly, trading in structured warrants relating to EKOVEST has also been halted at the same time.
 
Trading in the above securities will resume with effect from 3.30 p.m., Friday, 30 October 2020. 
 
Your attention is drawn to EKOVEST's announcement dated 30 October 2020.

TRANSACTIONS (CHAPTER 10 OF LISTING REQUIREMENTS) : RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS EKOVEST BERHAD ("EKOVEST" OR THE "COMPANY") ACQUISITION OF ORDINARY SHARES AND WARRANTS IN PLS PLANTATIONS BERHAD ("PLS"), A 32.84%-OWNED ASSOCIATE OF EKOVEST, FROM RELATED PARTIES FOR A TOTAL CASH CONSIDERATION OF RM85,750,055 ("ACQUISITIONS") AND THE RESULTANT MANDATORY GENERAL OFFER TO ACQUIRE ALL THE REMAINING SECURITIES IN PLS NOT ALREADY HELD BY EKOVEST AFTER THE ACQUISITIONS ("MGO") (COLLECTIVELY REFERRED TO AS "PROPOSALS")

https://www.bursamalaysia.com/market_information/announcements/company_announcement/announcement_details?ann_id=3100887

Ekovest Berhad

Description: EKOVEST BERHAD ("EKOVEST" OR THE "COMPANY")

ACQUISITION OF ORDINARY SHARES AND WARRANTS IN PLS PLANTATIONS BERHAD ("PLS"), A 32.84%-OWNED ASSOCIATE OF EKOVEST, FROM RELATED PARTIES FOR A TOTAL CASH CONSIDERATION OF RM85,750,055 ("ACQUISITIONS") AND THE RESULTANT MANDATORY GENERAL OFFER TO ACQUIRE ALL THE REMAINING SECURITIES IN PLS NOT ALREADY HELD BY EKOVEST AFTER THE ACQUISITIONS ("MGO")

(COLLECTIVELY REFERRED TO AS "PROPOSALS")

This Announcement is dated 30 October 2020.

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For those who wanted to sailang, should sailang now or one day before the result is out, which is sailang before
or on 3-11-2020 (Tuesday) !

Huat ah ! Heng ah ! Ong ah !

Next Tuesday 3-11-2020 is US election day and on Wednessday 4-11-2020 we will know the result !
So, just countdown 3 trading days only !

For those who wanted to sailang, should sailang now or one day before the result is out, which is sailang before
or on 3-11-2020 (Tuesday) !

Huat ah ! Heng ah ! Ong ah !

Next Tuesday 3-11-2020 is US election day and on Wednessday 4-11-2020 we will know the result !
So, just countdown 3 trading days only !

For those who wanted to sailang, should sailang now or one day before the result is out, which is sailang before
or on 3-11-2020 (Tuesday) !

Huat ah ! Heng ah ! Ong ah !

Next Tuesday 3-11-2020 is US election day and on Wednessday 4-11-2020 we will know the result !
So, just countdown 3 trading days only !

For those who wanted to sailang, should sailang now or one day before the result is out, which is sailang before
or on 3-11-2020 (Tuesday) !

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