KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysia’s daily Covid-19 caseload continues to climb up, with 25,854 infections yesterday, bringing the cumulative total to 3,468,590.
The number is a stark increase from the 23,100 new cases reported on February 28.
According to Health Director-General Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah, 152 (0.59%) of the cases yesterday were in the more severe categories – with 87 cases in Category 3 (0.34%), 37 in Category 4 (0.14%), and 28 in Category 5.
A total of 8,877 cases (34.33%) were in Category 1 while 16,825 (65.08%) were in Category 2, making up 25,702 (99.41%) of the cases yesterday.
Dr Noor Hisham said that among the 97 cases in these severe categories, 25 patients (16.45%) were unvaccinated or only partially vaccinated, while 89 (58.55%) were fully vaccinated but had not yet received a booster dose.
“Individuals with booster shots made up 25% of the daily infections (38 cases), 65 patients (42.76%) were above the age of 60, and 51 (33.55%) were individuals with comorbidities,” he said, adding that there was also a case involving a pregnant mother.
“On March 1, 1,754 Covid-19 patients were admitted to hospitals, with 1,179 (67.2%) coming from Categories 1 and 2 while 575 (32.8%) were from Categories 3, 4 and 5.”
On intensive care unit bed use, Dr Noor Hisham said eight states recorded bed utilisation of at least 50%, namely Putrajaya (67%), Kuala Lumpur (65%), Johor (63%), Melaka (63%), Kelantan (58%), Perlis (55%), Selangor (55%), and Sabah (53%).
Nonetheless, Dr Noor Hisham said that the nation recorded 25,548 recoveries yesterday, bringing the total recovered cases in the country since the beginning of the pandemic to 3,142,112.
“Among the cases reported yesterday, 374 are receiving treatment in ICUs while 213 patients required respiratory assistance,” he said.
The nation has seen a total of 6,789 clusters since the beginning of the pandemic, including seven new clusters detected yesterday.
The number of clusters that have ended are at 6,314 while 475 clusters remain active.
The national Covid-19 infectivity rate (Rt) decreased slightly from 1.03 to 1.02.
The statement noted, however, that Sarawak’s recorded rate jumped up to 1.37 from its rate of 1.22 on February 28, making it the state with the highest Rt. – The Vibes, March 2, 2022
