Record covid-19 new cases and deaths in Penang, Malaysia 19,733 new cases (Sep 8)

 

 

Penang (2,474) reached a new record Sspt 8, 2021. Hospitalisation of Covid-19 patients has also been trending up, despite 49.4 percent of its population being vaccinated. [see vaccination chart below]

Hospital bed use for Covid-19 patients in Penang has reached 109 percent - the highest in the country - while intensive care bed use is 93.2 percent. [see hospitalisation chart below]

In Sarawak (3,100), the authorities said 99.87 percent of new cases involved patients in Category 1 or 2 (no symptoms or mild symptoms). However, Health Ministry data shows that hospitalisation is still on a 14-day uptrend.

Hospital bed use by Covid-19 patients Negeri Sembilan has dropped 70.9 percent since peaking on July 31.

As of yesterday, the R-naught for the country is 0.95. A R-naught of less than 1.00 suggests that the spread of Covid-19 was slowing down.

The R-naught for the Selangor, Kuala Lumpur and Negeri Sembilan have all fallen below 0.90.

Regions where the R-naught is more than 1.00 are Pahang, Perak, Terengganu, Sarawak, Perlis and Penang, Malacca and Johor.

The number of active cases have continued trend downwards today the intensive care bed use is dropping slowly over the past month.

Active cases: 248,673 

Patients in ICU: 904* 

Intubated: 430*

[Does not include patients classified as 'probable'.]

New cases by states

Sarawak (3,100) Selangor (2,989) Penang (2,474) Sabah (2,067) Johor (1,867) Kedah (1,564) Kelantan (1,471) Perak (1,319) Terengganu (904) Pahang (700) Kuala Lumpur (537) Malacca (375) Negeri Sembilan (256) Perlis (74) Putrajaya (29) Labuan (7)

Deaths

The Health Ministry reported another 361 deaths attributed to Covid-19 today, bringing the national death toll to 19,163.

There were 102 patients who were pronounced dead upon arrival at the hospital of which a quarter were reported in Sabah alone.

Selangor (67) reported the highest number of deaths followed by Johor (65), Sabah (54), Kedah (51), Kuala Lumpur (34), Negeri Sembilan (29), Kelantan (17), Sarawak (10), Terengganu (9), Malacca (8), Perak (6), Penang (5), Pahang (4) and Perlis (2).

Clusters

The Health Ministry is currently monitoring 1,459 active Covid-19 clusters.

Another 35 new clusters were classified today of which 20 involved workplaces.

Industri Jalan Nuri cluster

 Category: Workplace State(s): Selangor District(s): Kuala Langat Total infected: 79 out of 122 screened

Tapak Bina Persiaran Elmina cluster 

Category: Workplace State(s): Selangor District(s): Petaling Total infected: 67 out of 129 screened

Industri Dua Jalan Anggerik Mokara 47 cluster  

Category: Workplace State(s): Selangor District(s): Klang Total infected: 50 out of 167 screened

Industri Dua Jalan Bandar Lama cluster 

 Category: Workplace State(s): Selangor District(s): Kuala Langat and Klang Total infected: 30 out of 36 screened

Tapak Bina Persiaran Laman View cluster  

Category: Workplace State(s): Selangor District(s): Sepang Total infected: 20 out of 69 screened

Tapak Bina Jalan Elegan cluster  

Category: Workplace State(s): Selangor District(s): Sepang Total infected: 12 out of 92 screened

Pasar Matu cluster 

 Category: Workplace State(s): Sarawak District(s): Matu Total infected: 29 out of 121 screened

Tapak Bina Jalan Tasek Mutiara Tujuh cluster  

Category: Workplace State(s): Penang District(s): Seberang Perai Selatan Total infected: 123 out of 518 screened

Tapak Bina Jalan Kubang Menerong cluster 

 Category: Workplace State(s): Penang District(s): Seberang Perai Utara and Seberang Perai Tengah Total infected: 81 out of 290 screened

Jalan Mayang Pasir Tiga cluster 

Category: Workplace State(s): Penang District(s): Barat Daya and Timur Laut Total infected: 46 out of 468 screened

Zon Industri Bebas Tiga cluster 

Category: Workplace State(s): Penang District(s): Barat Daya Total infected: 21 out of 283 screened

Tapak Bina Jalan Tengku Azizah cluster 

Category: Workplace State(s): Johor District(s): Johor Bahru Total infected: 56 out of 235 screened

Industri Jalan Gangsa Kulai cluster 

Category: Workplace State(s): Johor District(s): Kulai Total infected: 18 out of 230 screened

Industri Jalan Johor Ayer Hitam cluster 

Category: Workplace State(s): Johor District(s): Batu Pahat Total infected: 15 out of 656 screened

Dah Tapak Bina Patani cluster 

Category: Workplace State(s): Kedah District(s): Kuala Muda Total infected: 54 out of 226 screened

Dah Empat Industri Sungai Petani cluster 

Category: Workplace State(s): Kedah District(s): Kuala Muda Total infected: 51 out of 117 screened

Industri Persiaran Pengkalan 32 cluster  

Category: Workplace State(s): Perak District(s): Kinta Total infected: 35 out of 120 screened

Semambu Empat cluster 

Category: Workplace State(s): Pahang District(s): Kuantan Total infected: 29 out of 55 screened

Ladang Jalan Bahau Rompin cluster  

Category: Workplace State(s): Negeri Sembilan District(s): Jempol Total infected: 75 out of 336 screened

Jalan PBR 12 cluster 

Category: Workplace State(s): Malacca District(s): Melaka Tengah Total infected: 25 out of 90 screened

Jalan Kubang Golok Merabang cluster 

Category: Community State(s): Kelantan District(s): Bachok Total infected: 20 out of 36 screened

Kampung Gong Manak cluster 

Category: Community State(s): Kelantan District(s): Pasir Puteh Total infected: 15 out of 18 screened

Jalan Kubang Kacang cluster 

Category: Community State(s): Kelantan District(s): Kota Bharu Total infected: 14 out of 23 screened

Kampung Kedap cluster 

Category: Community State(s): Kelantan District(s): Pasir Mas, Machang and Kota Bharu Total infected: 14 out of 26 screened

Kampung Kuala Besar cluster  

Category: Community State(s): Kelantan District(s): Kota Bharu Total infected: 9 out of 17 screened

Lorong Pasir Lada cluster 

Category: Community State(s): Kelantan District(s): Kota Bharu Total infected: 9 out of 15 screened

Lorong Madrasah cluster  

Category: Community State(s): Kelantan District(s): Pasir Mas Total infected: 9 out of 13 screened

Lorong Penggawa Yahya cluster  

Category: Community State(s): Kelantan District(s): Pasir Mas Total infected: 5 out of 6 screened

Jalan Sutera Bakar Batu cluster  

Category: Community State(s): Johor District(s): Johor Bahru Total infected: 116 out of 193 screened

Sungai Tekam Jerantut cluster 

 Category: Community State(s): Pahang District(s): Jerantut Total infected: 27 out of 82 screened

Lemujan cluster  

Category: Community State(s): Sarawak District(s): Pakan Total infected: 38 out of 42 screened

Jalan Chemor Estate cluster 

Category: High-risk group State(s): Perak District(s): Kinta Total infected: 75 out of 97 screened

Kampung Ayer Papan cluster  

Category: High-risk group State(s): Perak District(s): Kinta Total infected: 13 out of 31 screened

Jalan SP 5/4 cluster 

Category: Non-Education Ministry institution State(s): Selangor District(s): Kuala Langat Total infected: 17 out of 118 screened

Jalan Scientex 20 cluster 

Category: Institusi Pendidikan Swasta Berdaftar di Bawah KPM State(s): Johor District(s): Kulai Total infected: 11 out of 48 screened

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SMART scores another first with Singapore's self-driving wheelchair that has been piloted at a hospital

Autonomous vehicles can add a new member to their ranks—the self-driving wheelchair. This summer, two robotic wheelchairs made headlines: one at a Singaporean hospital and another at a Japanese airport.

The Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology, or SMART, developed the former, first deployed in Singapore’s Changi General Hospital in September 2016, where it successfully navigated the hospital’s hallways. It is the latest in a string of autonomous vehicles made by SMART, including a golf cart, electric taxi and, most recently, a scooter that zipped more than 100 MIT visitors around on tours in 2016.

The SMART self-driving wheelchair has been in development for about a year and a half, since January 2016, says Daniela Rus, director of MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory and a principal investigator in the SMART Future Urban Mobility research group. Today, SMART has two wheelchairs in Singapore and two wheelchairs at MIT being tested in a variety of settings, says Rus.

The robot’s computer uses data from three lidars to make a map. A localization algorithm then determines where it is in the map. The chair’s six wheels lend stability, and the chair is designed to make tight turns and fit through normal-sized doorframes. “When we visited several retirement communities, we realized that the quality of life is dependent on mobility. We want to make it really easy for people to move around,” said Rus in a recent MIT statement.

A second autonomous wheelchair recently premiered at Haneda Airport in Tokyo, designed by Panasonic and Whill, Inc., creator of the Model A Whill wheelchair, a sleek, hi-tech wheelchair now on the market in Japan and the United States.

According to a recent press release, Panasonic is planning to conduct technical trials of the WHILL NEXT this year. Like the SMART wheelchair, the WHILL NEXT uses sensors to detect nearby obstacles. It also employs automation technology developed for Panasonic’s autonomous (and adorable) hospital delivery robot, HOSPI. The wheelchair identifies its position, selects routes, and moves to a chosen destination based on a user’s input into a smartphone app. It can even be hailed with the app – the Uber of wheelchairs.

The WHILL NEXT is also able to sync up with nearby wheelchairs to travel in a column, which is useful for a family or a group, the company notes. Best of all, each wheelchair automatically returns to its home base, reducing the need for airport staff to collect the chairs.

Beyond use in hospitals and airports, the SMART team says they envision a connected autonomous mobility system, where a user could use a scooter or wheelchair indoors at an office, zip outside and pick up a golf cart to cross the parking lot, and slip into an autonomous car to drive home. Recent studies with the scooter suggest the control algorithms work indoors as well as out, according to a press release last year. “The autonomous wheelchair could be very useful in any pedestrian environmen—including hospitals and airports —and we are exploring all these possibilities,” Rus tells IEEE Spectrum.

Yet the field faces the challenge of commercialization. Not all hi-tech wheelchairs have sold well, such as Dean Kamen’s stair-climbing iBot, whose $25,000 price tag was one reason the device was discontinued in 2009. But hopefully the next generation of wheelchairs won’t be as expensive, says Rus. “The system consists of an off-the-shelf wheelchair augmented with an autonomy package. We hope the price point of the autonomy package can come down to make the system affordable.”

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A stroke is a medical condition in which poor blood flow to the brain results in cell death.^[5] There are two main types of stroke: ischemic, due to lack of blood flow, and hemorrhagic, due to bleeding.^[5] Both result in parts of the brain not functioning properly.^[5] Signs and symptoms of a stroke may include an inability to move or feel on one side of the body, problems understanding or speaking, dizziness, or loss of vision to one side.^[2][3] Signs and symptoms often appear soon after the stroke has occurred.^[3] If symptoms last less than one or two hours it is known as a transient ischemic attack (TIA) or mini-stroke.^[3] A hemorrhagic stroke may also be associated with a severe headache.^[3] The symptoms of a stroke can be permanent.^[5] Long-term complications may include pneumonia or loss of bladder control.^[3]
The main risk factor for stroke is high blood pressure.^[6] Other risk factors include tobacco smoking, obesity, high blood cholesterol, diabetes mellitus, a previous TIA, end-stage kidney disease, and atrial fibrillation.^[2][6][7] An ischemic stroke is typically caused by blockage of a blood vessel, though there are also less common causes.^[12][13][14] A hemorrhagic stroke is caused by either bleeding directly into the brain or into the space between the brain's membranes.^[12][15] Bleeding may occur due to a ruptured brain aneurysm.^[12] Diagnosis is typically based on a physical exam and supported by medical imaging such as a CT scan or MRI scan.^[8] A CT scan can rule out bleeding, but may not necessarily rule out ischemia, which early on typically does not show up on a CT scan.^[9] Other tests such as an electrocardiogram (ECG) and blood tests are done to determine risk factors and rule out other possible causes.^[8] Low blood sugar may cause similar symptoms.^[8]
Prevention includes decreasing risk factors, as well as possibly aspirin, statins, surgery to open up the arteries to the brain in those with problematic narrowing, and warfarin in those with atrial fibrillation.^[2] A stroke or TIA often requires emergency care.^[5] An ischemic stroke, if detected within three to four and half hours, may be treatable with a medication that can break down the clot.^[2] Aspirin should be used.^[2] Some hemorrhagic strokes benefit from surgery.^[2] Treatment to try to recover lost function is called stroke rehabilitation and ideally takes place in a stroke unit; however, these are not available in much of the world.^[2]
In 2013 approximately 6.9 million people had an ischemic stroke and 3.4 million people had a hemorrhagic stroke.^[16] In 2015 there were about 42.4 million people who had previously had a stroke and were still alive.^[10] Between 1990 and 2010 the number of strokes which occurred each year decreased by approximately 10% in the developed world and increased by 10% in the developing world.^[17] In 2015, stroke was the second most frequent cause of death after coronary artery disease, accounting for 6.3 million deaths (11% of the total).^[11] About 3.0 million deaths resulted from ischemic stroke while 3.3 million deaths resulted from hemorrhagic stroke.^[11] About half of people who have had a stroke live less than one year.^[2] Overall, two thirds of strokes occurred in those over 65 years old.<sup>[17]

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