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Labuan has highest Covid-19 infectivity rate at 1.05: Noor Hisham

Kelantan, meanwhile, logs lowest Rt reading at 0.76

Updated 5 years ago · Published on 16 Jun 2021 9:06AM

Labuan has highest Covid-19 infectivity rate at 1.05: Noor Hisham
The Rt value refers to a patient’s level of infectivity, or how many other individuals may catch the disease from one case. – Bernama pic, June 16, 2021

KUALA LUMPUR – The Covid-19 infectivity rate (Rt), based on daily cases nationwide, rose to 0.94 yesterday from 0.92 a day ago, with Labuan registering the highest at 1.05.

Health Director-General Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah tweeted that Sabah saw the second-highest Rt at 1.04, followed by Negri Sembilan (1.03) and Sarawak (1.01).

Kelantan recorded the lowest at 0.76.

States that registered Rt readings below 1.0 are Kuala Lumpur (0.99), Johor (0.97), Selangor (0.96), Melaka (0.89), Penang (0.86), Putrajaya and Kedah (both 0.85), Perak (0.84), Pahang (0.82) and Terengganu (0.80).

The Rt value refers to a patient’s level of infectivity, or how many other individuals may catch the disease from one case. – Bernama, June 16, 2021

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