KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysia’s Covid-19 recovery cases exceeded the number of new infections yesterday when 21,029 recoveries were reported, bringing the cumulative number of recoveries to 4,083,183, said Health Director-General Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.
He said new cases remained below the 15,000 mark for five consecutive days but showed a slight increase to 12,105 from 12,017 on Tuesday, bringing the cumulative total of Covid-19 cases to 4,280,591.
“Of the new cases, 564 cases were admitted to hospitals while 221 cases or 39.2% of cases were in categories three, four and five, while 343 cases or 60.8% were in categories one and two,” he said in a statement today.
On the use of specialised health facilities for Covid-19 cases, Dr Noor Hisham said only Selangor recorded over 50% usage of intensive care unit beds at 55%.
However, no state recorded over 50% bed usage at the low-risk quarantine and treatment centres.
He said the number of Covid-19 patients requiring respiratory support decreased to 122, with the ventilator usage rate being 14%.
Meanwhile, Dr Noor Hisham said no new clusters were recorded yesterday and that 151 clusters are still active.
The national Covid-19 infectivity rate or Rt remained at 0.86 yesterday, with Selangor recording the highest value at 0.99 and Labuan the lowest at 0.00. – Bernama, April 7, 2022
